mansuetude
Jun. 11th, 2008 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordmansuetude - 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.
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.
