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equanimity(dictionary)

impostume (iou) and equanimity (oh)


impostume (iou)



impostume noun. Now rare. Also imposthume. LME.
[Old French empostume alt. of apostume: see APOSTUME.]
An abscess, a cyst.
fig.: Browning The imposthume I prick to relieve thee of,Vanity.

equanimity (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: aequanimitas, from aequo animo 'with level mind']
formal calmness in the way that you react to things, which means that you do not become upset or annoyed
::He received the news with surprising equanimity.