mansuetude
[ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]
/ ˈmæn swɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /
noun
mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.
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
Words nearby mansuetude
mansonelliasis,
mansonia,
mansplain,
manspread,
manstealing,
mansuetude,
mansur,
mansur, al-,
mansûra,
manta,
manta bay
Example sentences 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 RenanHe was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue.
A Top-Floor Idyl |George van SchaickIt stands in the history of the present time as a high school for the civility and mansuetude of the people.
The Last Harvest |John BurroughsThe 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