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 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