equanimous
/ɪˈkwanɪməs
/ /iːˈkwanɪməs/adjective
Calm and composed.The Cardinal is anything but equanimous when it comes to contraception....
- I'm not saying they were always equanimous but they had more equanimity than I had, less anxiety than I had.
- Experience tends to be more vivid at medium levels and more equanimous at deep levels, whether it is hypnosis or meditation.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin aequanimus, from aequus 'equal' + animus mind.
Rhymes
- give someone head
- give someone hell
- give someone one
- give someone (or get) a thick ear
- give someone (or get) the bum's rush
- give someone (some) skin
- give someone the big E
- give someone the bird
- give someone the boot
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the elbow
- give someone (the) evils
- give someone the eye
- give someone the finger
- give someone the flick (or get the flick)
- give someone the glad eye
- give someone the hairy eyeball
- give someone their cards
- give someone their due
- give someone their head
- give someone the needle
- give someone the pip
- give someone the shits
- give someone the shudders
- give someone the slip