mansuetude

Jun. 11th, 2008 07:21 am
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mansuetude - n., gentleness, mildness.


I've almost posted this several times now -- time to get it off my list. From Latin mānsuētūdō, tame, mild, from manus, hand + suescere, to accustom. Tame to the hand, in other words.

---L.

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