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magnanimous
adjective
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
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Magnanimous comes from the Latin adjective magnanimus 鈥渘oble in spirit, brave, generous.鈥� Magnanimus is a loan translation of the Greek adjectives 尘别驳谩迟丑测尘辞蝉, 尘别驳补濒贸迟丑测尘辞蝉 鈥済reat hearted,鈥� and 尘别驳补濒贸辫蝉测肠丑辞蝉 鈥済enerous, high-souled.鈥� Magnanimus was used especially in translations of the Aristotelian term 尘别驳补濒贸辫蝉测肠丑辞蝉. Magnanimous entered English in the 16th century.
how is magnanimous used?
… if he would … discharge his heart of its hoarded bitterness鈥攆orgive the world, for having turned his head; and for not keeping it turned, by main force; become a little more magnanimous; and, a little less unhappy and suspicious … I do almost believe that he might do something decent, to be remembered by.
As a master of symbolism, Mandela supported his strategy by being magnanimous towards his former enemies.
daffing
noun
Scot. and North England.
merriment; playful behavior; foolishness.
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Daffing, 鈥渕erriment, playfulness,鈥� also 鈥渋nsanity,鈥� is a British dialect word used in northern England and Scotland (the only two writers of note to use the word are the Scotsmen Robert Burns and Robert Louis Stevenson). Daffing is a derivative of the Scottish verb daff 鈥渢o play, make sport,鈥� from the obsolete noun daff 鈥渇ool, idiot, coward,鈥� from the Middle English adjective dafte 鈥渨ell-mannered, gentle, humble,鈥� and 鈥渦ncouth, boorish, dull鈥� (possibly from the sense 鈥渉umble, good-natured鈥�). Dafte is also the source of daft 鈥渟enseless, stupid, crazy,鈥� from Old English 诲忙蹿迟别, defte 鈥済别苍迟濒别.鈥� Daffing entered English in the 16th century.
how is daffing used?
“Hoot-toot! hoot-toot!” said Cluny. “It was all daffing; it’s all nonsense.”
He must have had a mind full of variety and wide human sympathy almost Shakespearian, who could step from the musings of Windsor … to the lasses in their gay kritles, and Hob and Raaf with their rustic ” daffing,” as true to the life as the Ayrshire clowns of Burns ….
hive mind
noun
Psychology, Sociology.
a collective consciousness, analogous to the behavior of social insects, in which a group of people become aware of their commonality and think and act as a community, sharing their knowledge, thoughts, and resources: the global hive mind that has emerged with sites like Twitter and Facebook.
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The meaning of the term hive mind, 鈥渁 collective consciousness, analogous to the behavior of social insects,鈥� is pretty creepy to most of us. The phrase, appropriately enough, first appeared in聽Galaxy Science Fiction, an American pulp science fiction magazine, in 1950.
how is hive mind used?
When I searched, I always selected the videos with the most views first. The wisdom of the so-called hive mind would guide me ….
… it also has an exceptionally well-organized reference section, summarizing the conclusions of the hive mind on ingredients, the identification and treatment of certain skin conditions, the best products, and how to build an effective routine with them.