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prettygoodword) wrote2008-06-11 07:21 am
prettygoodword) wrote2008-06-11 07:21 am
mansuetude
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.
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.