And I say Yes, I am your Yes Man!
The Love Bug
WTF,
I
don't know why this thing does what it does at the most inappropriate
times; but then again, what does it matter - I got the time!
Longanimity - seems strange? -- then again, quite normal for me!
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Definition
: a disposition to bear injuries patiently : forbearance
Did You Know?
Longanimity is a word with a long history. It came to English in the 15th century from the Late Latin adjective longanimis, meaning "patient" or "long-suffering." Longanimis, in turn, derives from the Latin combination of longus ("long") and animus ("soul"). Longus is related to English's long and is itself an ancestor to several other English words, including longevity ("long life"), elongate ("to make longer"), and prolong ("to lengthen in time"). Now used somewhat infrequently in English, longanimity stresses the character of one who, like the figure of Job in the Bible, endures prolonged suffering with extreme patience.
Examples
The fans continue to show their longanimity by coming back year after year to cheer on the perpetually losing team.
"Most of the conspirators were gentlemen in their early thirties and
the majority had wild pasts. They were frustrated men of action,
'swordsmen' the priests called them, and 'they had not the patience and longanimity to expect the Providence of God.'" — Jessie Childs, God's Traitors: Terror & Faith in Elizabethan England, 2014
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