mansuetude
Sep. 14th, 2007 07:22 ammansuetude - n., mildness, tameness.
Not to be confused with desuetude. From Middle English, from Latin mānsuetūdō, the past participle of mansuescere, to tame, from manus, hand + suescere, to accustom, habituate.
---L.
Not to be confused with desuetude. From Middle English, from Latin mānsuetūdō, the past participle of mansuescere, to tame, from manus, hand + suescere, to accustom, habituate.
---L.