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Equanimous \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. [1913 Webster]


equanimous adj
1: 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" [syn: collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed]




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