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serene

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se⋅rene

  [suh-reen]
–adjective
1. calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
2. clear; fair: serene weather.
3. (usually initial capital letter) most high or august (used as a royal epithet, usually prec. by his, your, etc.): His Serene Highness.
–noun
4. serenity; tranquillity.
5. Archaic. a clear or tranquil expanse of sea or sky.
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Origin:
1495–1505; < L serēnus (of the sky, weather) clear, unclouded

Related forms:
se⋅rene⋅ly, adverb
se⋅rene⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. undisturbed, imperturbable, unperturbed, composed, collected. See peaceful. 2. unclouded.

Antonyms:
1. disturbed. 2. clouded.
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se·rene   (sə-rēn')   
adj.  

  1. Unaffected by disturbance; calm and unruffled. See Synonyms at calm.

  2. Unclouded; fair: serene skies and a bright blue sea.

  3. often Serene Used as a title and form of address for certain members of royalty: Her Serene Highness; His Serene Highness.


[Middle English, from Latin serēnus, serene, clear.]
se·rene'ly adv., se·rene'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

serene 
1508, "clear, calm," from L. serenus "peaceful, calm, clear" (of weather), of unknown origin. Applied to persons since 1635. Serenity (1538) is from O.Fr. serenite, from L. serenitatem (nom. serenitas) "clearness, serenity," from serenus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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