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multanimous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having many minds or aspects; many-sided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • J. R. Lowell We look upon it rather as one of the phenomena of that multanimous nature of the poet, which makes him for the moment that which he has an intellectual perception of.

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History

Etymology

From multi- + Latin animus (“mind”).