Today's Word "equable"
Equal and uniform
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equable \EK-wuh-buhl; EE-kwuh-\ (adjective) - 1 : Equal and uniform; not varying. 2 : Not easily disturbed; not variable or changing -- said of the feelings, temper, etc.
"Jean, as fair as his brother was dark, as calm as his brother was hasty, as equable as his brother was irritable, had serenely read law and passed his diploma at the same time as Pierre had qualified as a doctor." -- Guy de Maupassant, 'Pierre and Jean'
Equable comes from Latin aequabilis, from aequare, to make even, from aequus, even.
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