How do you pronounce magnanimous?

The recorded pronunciation is /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/.

magnanimous

/mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/

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Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

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"She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]"
"First, our friendship began at that early time when alone it is unalloyed and sincere; secondly"—and here, in spite of her vivacity, Marie's voice trembled—"you are associated with the only being in the world I ever really loved; and thirdly, I have behaved exceedingly ill to you, and, consequently, feel it quite magnanimous not to hate you, which is the established rule on such occasions."
"doolittle [sad but magnanimous] They played you off very cunning, Eliza, them two sportsmen."
"I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored."

From Latin magnanimus, from magnus (“great”) + animus (“soul, mind”). Displaced native Old English miċelmōd (literally “big-minded”).

more magnanimous (comparative) most magnanimous (superlative)

unmagnanimous

magnanimity magnanimously magnanimousness

unanimous pusillanimous animus equanimous nonunanimous animous