Hypertext Webster Gateway: "equanimous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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