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mansuetude

[ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. mildness; gentleness:

    the mansuetude of Christian love.



mansuetude

/ ˈmænswɪˌtjuːd /

noun

  1. archaic.
    gentleness or mildness


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mansuetude1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin mānsuētūdō tameness, mildness, equivalent to mānsuē-, base of mānsuēscere to become tame, mild ( man ( us ) hand + suēscere to become accustomed) + -tūdō -tude

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mansuetude1

C14: from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, past participle of mansuēscere to make tame by handling, from manus hand + suescēre to train

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Example Sentences

He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue.

He was rubicund, and his little eyes looked me over with priestly mansuetude.

The system has no room for it; even as it has no room for clemency, mansuetude; forbearance towards the weak.

In any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach.

It includes, unless the writer has misread it, an element of greater mansuetude and a less perturbed reflectiveness.

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