mansuetude

[ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]

/ ˈmæn swɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

noun

mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.

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Origin of mansuetude

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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Examples from the Web for mansuetude

In any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach.
English Conferences of Ernest Renan|Ernest Renan
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 Schaick
It stands in the history of the present time as a high school for the civility and mansuetude of the people.
The Last Harvest|John Burroughs
The 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-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for mansuetude

mansuetude

/ (ˈmænswɪˌtjuːd) /

noun

archaic gentleness or mildness

Word Origin for mansuetude

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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Word Origin and History for mansuetude

mansuetude

"tameness, gentleness, mildness," late 14c., from Latin mansuetudo "tameness, mildness, gentleness," noun of state from past participle stem of mansuescere "to tame," literally "to accustom to the hand," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + suescere "to accustom, habituate," from PIE *swdh-sko-, from *swedh- (cf. sodality), extended form of root *s(w)e- (see idiom).