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If you speak Italian, the conventional English pronunciation of this probably strikes you as ugly.
At least one translation of Aristotle uses the word magnanimous to refer to a person who is neither arrogant nor excessively humble. I like that definition better, because there isn't another word for that meaning, whereas generous is a perfectly good word, and not in need of a synonym.
I think this is another one I misread as a child - "magnamanious".