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parvanimity|pɑːvəˈnɪmɪtɪ|
[f. L. parv-us small + anim-us mind: a suggested antithesis to magnanimity.]
Littleness of mind, meanness; also, an instance of this, or transf. a person characterized by it.
a1691Boyle Disc. agst. Swearing Plea xiii, They will justly esteem your parvanimity so great that you deserve derision. 1829–30De Quincey Sk. Prof. Wilson Uncoll. Writ. 1890 I. 260 The meanness and parvanimity of Bonaparte. Note. I coin this word parvanimity as an adequate antithesis to magnanimity. 1840― in Tait's Mag. VII. 37 Memorably connected with the parvanimities of the English government at one period. 1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 33 note, Persons..of the class of hopeless parvanimities of the true insular stamp. |