Equanimous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  equanimous
       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"
             [syn: {collected}, {poised}, {self-collected}, {self-contained},
              {self-possessed}]