mansuetude
See also: mansuétude
English
Etymology
Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French mansuetude or directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, perfect passive participle of mansuēscō (“I tame”), from manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
mansuetude (countable and uncountable, plural mansuetudes)
- (archaic) Gentleness, tameness.
- 1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption (page 5)
- That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.
- 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain:
- Quo me rapis? Quo indeed. My whole conduct, meekness, mansuetude, voluntary abasement, astonishes me.
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- 1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption (page 5)
Translations
gentleness, meekness
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Portuguese
Noun
mansuetude f (plural mansuetudes)
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