different between longanimous vs duteous

English

Adjective

longanimous (comparative more longanimous, superlative most longanimous)

1. Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.

Synonyms

• long-suffering, longminded

Translations

Anagrams

• longimanous

English

Etymology

Irregular combination of duty +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dju?.ti.?s/, /?d?u?.ti.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?du.ti.?s/
• Rhymes: -u?ti?s

Adjective

duteous (comparative more duteous, superlative most duteous)

1. (archaic) dutiful

   a duteous son

2. (archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)

     I know thee well. A ?eruiceable Villaine,
     As duteous to the vices of thy Mi?tris,
     As badne??e would de?ire.

   • 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Heart of the Night, lines 10-14

     O Lord, the awful Lord of will! though late,

     Even yet renew this soul with duteous breath:

     That when the peace is garnered in from strife,

     The work retrieved, the will regenerate,

     This soul may see thy face, O Lord of death!

Related terms

• duteously
• duty
• unduteous

Translations

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary