| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| equanimity |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·qua·nim·i·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    kw -n m -t,  kw- |
| NOUN: | The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin aequanimit s, from aequanimus, even-tempered, impartial : aequus, even + animus, mind; see an- in Appendix I.
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