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mansuetude arch.|ˈmænswɪtjuːd|
Also 6 mansuetud, -swetude, 7 mansitude, -sutude.
[ad. L. mansuētūdo, f. mansuētus: see mansuete and -tude. Cf. F. mansuétude (from 13th c.; earlier mansuetume).]
Gentleness, meekness.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋580 The remedye agayns Ire is a vertu that men clepen Mansuetude, that is Debonairetee. c1460Ashby Active Policy 880 Auoidyng al vengeance & displesance With al mansuetude conuenient. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 97 b, Mansuetude or myldnes. 1681Rycaut tr. Gracian's Critick 136 A Lion..whose fierceness had been lately turned to the Mansitude of a Lamb. 1799W. Tooke View Russian Emp. II. 222 Their mansuetude and readiness to concur in all measures adopted by the government. 1869Browning Ring & Bk. viii. 660 Our Lord Himself, made all of mansuetude. |