lenityn.

Brit.

/ˈlɛnᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈlɛnədi/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s lenitie.

Etymology: < Old French lenité or Latin lēnitāt-em, lēnitās, < lēnis soft, mild.

Mildness, gentleness, mercifulness (in disposition or behaviour). Also, an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]

sweetnessc1000

mildnessOE

lithenessc1175

mildshipa1200

softnessa1200

mildheadc1300

softheadc1350

mansuetudec1390

tendresse1390

tendernessa1400

gentleness?c1400

mansuetiea1500

suavitude1512

treatableness1526

placability1531

lenity1548

pleasableness1556

mollity1562

fair1599

lenitude1627

placableness1647

unaggressiveness1870

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xii. 1–8 But they now made worse through his lenitie and gentlenes, cast stones at him.

1606 No-body & Some-body sig. C4^v Hee is the verie soule of lenitie.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 6 That he do not there exercise lenitie, where the case requireth seueritie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 363 A little more lenitie to Lecherie.

1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) v. 38 Such stiffenesse and sowrnesse as is inconsistent with the lenity of holiness.

1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion (1737) xvi If I indulge, and not chastise my Boy, My Lenity his Morals may destroy.

1707 T. Ken Let. 25 Oct. in Prose Wks. (1838) 93 To apply such ghostly lenities to her sorrow, as may set her at ease.

1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 308 It is said, that our common fault towards the poor is..too great lenity and indulgence.

1779 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 234 If it produces a proper lenity to our citizens in captivity, it will have the effect we meant.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 13 Shall we, as Christians, wish to creep under the shelter of a corrupt lenity?

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xii. 119 Lenity to the prisoners would be the signal of attack for all its enemies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lenity
释义	lenityn. Brit. /ˈlɛnᵻti/, U.S. /ˈlɛnədi/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s lenitie. Etymology: < Old French lenité or Latin lēnitāt-em, lēnitās, < lēnis soft, mild. Mildness, gentleness, mercifulness (in disposition or behaviour). Also, an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] sweetnessc1000 mildnessOE lithenessc1175 mildshipa1200 softnessa1200 mildheadc1300 softheadc1350 mansuetudec1390 tendresse1390 tendernessa1400 gentleness?c1400 mansuetiea1500 suavitude1512 treatableness1526 placability1531 lenity1548 pleasableness1556 mollity1562 fair1599 lenitude1627 placableness1647 unaggressiveness1870 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xii. 1–8 But they now made worse through his lenitie and gentlenes, cast stones at him. 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. C4^v Hee is the verie soule of lenitie. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 6 That he do not there exercise lenitie, where the case requireth seueritie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 363 A little more lenitie to Lecherie. View more context for this quotation 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) v. 38 Such stiffenesse and sowrnesse as is inconsistent with the lenity of holiness. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion (1737) xvi If I indulge, and not chastise my Boy, My Lenity his Morals may destroy. 1707 T. Ken Let. 25 Oct. in Prose Wks. (1838) 93 To apply such ghostly lenities to her sorrow, as may set her at ease. 1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 308 It is said, that our common fault towards the poor is..too great lenity and indulgence. 1779 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 234 If it produces a proper lenity to our citizens in captivity, it will have the effect we meant. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 13 Shall we, as Christians, wish to creep under the shelter of a corrupt lenity? 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xii. 119 Lenity to the prisoners would be the signal of attack for all its enemies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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