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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.

Origin:
1495–1505; < L serēnus (of the sky, weather) clear, unclouded


se⋅rene⋅ly, adverb
se⋅rene⋅ness, noun


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


1. disturbed. 2. clouded.
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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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