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mansuetude
[ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]
noun
- mildness; gentleness:
the mansuetude of Christian love.
mansuetude
/ ˈmænswɪˌtjuːd /
noun
- 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.
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He was rubicund, and his little eyes looked me over with priestly mansuetude.
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The system has no room for it; even as it has no room for clemency, mansuetude; forbearance towards the weak.
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In any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach.
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It includes, unless the writer has misread it, an element of greater mansuetude and a less perturbed reflectiveness.
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