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Meaning of EQUANIMOUS

Pronunciation:  i'kwanumus

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
 

EQUANIMOUS is a 10 letter word that starts with E.

 

 Synonyms: collected, composed, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E*quan"i*mous\, a. [L. aequanimus, fr. aequus equal
+ animus mind.]
Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not
easily elated or depressed. --Bp. Gauden.

 

 

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