Also 7 æqu-. [ad. Fr. equanimité, ad. L. æquanimitas, f. æquanimis having an even mind, f. æquus even + animus mind.] The quality of having an even mind.
† 1. Fairness of judgment, impartiality, equity.
1607. Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr., II. v. 26. The third goodnes … is that equinanimitie, which … accepteth a iust excuse.
1658. Milton, Lett. State, Wks. (1851), 417. Your far celebrated Equanimity encourag’d us to recommend this Cause to your Highness.
1752. Fielding, Amelia, V. v. You have the equanimity to think so.
2. Evenness of mind or temper; the quality or condition of being undisturbed by elation, depression, or agitating emotion; unruffledness.
1663. Pepys, Diary, 8 March. I cannot but remember my Lord’s equanimity in all these affairs with admiration.
1710. Tatler, No. 242, ¶ 1. This Quality [Good-Nature] keeps the Mind in Equanimity.
1785. Burke, Sp. Nabob Arcot’s Debts, Wks. IV. 238. These gentlemen have borne all the odium of this publication … with … unexampled equanimity.
1814. Scott, Wav., II. xvii. 246. The quiet equanimity with which the Baron endured his misfortunes, had something in it venerable and even sublime.
1859. Geo. Eliot, A. Bede, I. 131. Indeed, she [Mrs. Poyser] has not yet recovered her equanimity on the subject.
b. pl. (nonce-use.) Seasons of equanimity.
1663. Butler, Hud., I. III. 115.
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