Parvanimity

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:50:09

Par`va*nim"i*ty (?), n. [L. parvus little + animus mind.]

The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity.

De Quincey.

 

© Webster 1913.

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