a. rare. [f. L. longanim-us (f. long-us LONG + animus mind, after Gr. μακρόθυμος) + -OUS.] Long-suffering; enduring, patient.
1620. C. Rawlinson, Confess. St. Augustine, 45. Thou seest these thinges, O Lord, and thou holdest thy peace, being longanimous, and full of mercy, and truth.
1849. Lowell, Biglow P., Ser. I. Introd., Poet. Wks. 1890, II. 35. The present Yankee, full of shifts … longanimous, good at patching.
