mansuetude
mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.
Origin of mansuetude
1Words Nearby mansuetude
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use mansuetude in a sentence
He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue.
A Top-Floor Idyl | George van SchaickHe was rubicund, and his little eyes looked me over with priestly mansuetude.
Romance | Joseph Conrad and F.M. HuefferThe system has no room for it; even as it has no room for clemency, mansuetude; forbearance towards the weak.
From a Cornish Window | Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchIn any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach.
English Conferences of Ernest Renan | Ernest RenanIt includes, unless the writer has misread it, an element of greater mansuetude and a less perturbed reflectiveness.
The Later works of Titian | Claude Phillips
British Dictionary definitions for mansuetude
/ (ˈmænswɪˌtjuːd) /
archaic gentleness or mildness
Origin of mansuetude
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse