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noble-minded, a.
[f. noble a. + mind n.]
Possessed of or characterized by a noble mind, magnanimous.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 372 Although this beseemeth not a noble-minded man. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. i. iii. 122 Some certaine of the Noblest minded Romans. 1713Rowe Jane Shore i. ii, The noble-minded Hastings..Has kindly underta'en to be my Advocate. 1783Boswell Johnson (1791) II. 448 He is, I really believe, noble-minded, generous, and princely. 1829Marryat F. Mildmay ii, The courage..of a noble-minded boy is..broken down by ill-usage. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 514 The noble-minded Lady Russell.
Hence nobleˈmindedness.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. iii. 15 Good zeale, courage, and noblemindednesse. 1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 220 The characteristic of noblemindedness. 1863‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage (1870) 99 Praising me for my liberality and noble-mindedness. |