See Also: magnanimous(medicine)
magnanimous(dictionary)
magnanimous(dictionary)

baton (oh) and magnanimous (iou)


baton (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: baton, from Late Latin bastum 'stick']
a short thin stick used by a conductor (=the leader of a group of musicians) to direct the Music
a short light stick that is passed from one person to another during a race
a short thick stick used as a weapon by a police officer
-synonym truncheon truncheon
a short stick that is carried as a sign of a special office or rank
a light metal stick that is spun and thrown into the air by a majorette

magnanimous (iou)



magnanimous adjective. L16.
[from Latin magnanimus, from magnus great + animus mind: see -OUS.]
Of great courage; nobly valiant; (of a quality, action, etc.) proceeding from or manifesting high courage. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
D. Hume When she saw an evident necessity she braved danger with magnanimous courage.
Showing magnanimity; generous in feeling or conduct; not petty; arch. nobly ambitious. L16.
Ld Macaulay The magnanimous frankness of a man..who could well afford to acknowledge some deficiencies. M. West His holiness was relieved enough to be magnanimous.
magnanimously adverb E17.
magnanimousness noun (rare) E17.