mansuetude

[ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. mildness; gentleness:

   the mansuetude of Christian love.

mansuetude

/ ˈmænswɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. archaic.
   gentleness or mildness

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

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

Example Sentences

Mansuetude, man′swe-tūd, n. gentleness: tameness: mildness.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Apodeictic, muliebrity, mansuetude, even caducity, caliginosity, nitid, agrestic, roborant or vilipend have Latin or Greek roots that are very familiar to me and most high school graduates.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue.

From Project Gutenberg

Me thocht fresche May befoir my bed up stude, In weid depaynt of mony diverss hew, Sobir, benyng, and full of mansuetude, In brycht atteir of flouris forgit new, Hevinly of color, quhyt, reid, broun and blew, Balmit in dew, and gilt with Phebus bemys; Quhyll all the house illumynit of her lemys.

From Project Gutenberg

One day, having particularly pleased the master, the latter, who was eating apples himself, and who would now and then with great ostentation present a boy with some half-penny token of his mansuetude, called out to his favorite of the moment: "Le Grice, here is an apple for you."

From Project Gutenberg