† mansueteadj.

Forms: late Middle English mansuet, late Middle English–1500s manswete, late Middle English–1800s mansuete; Scottish pre-1700 mansueit, pre-1700 mansuet, pre-1700 mansweit, pre-1700 manswet, pre-1700 manswete.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mansuet; Latin mansuētus, mansuēscere.

Etymology: < Middle French mansuet (12th cent. in Old French) and its etymon classical Latin mansuētus tame, civilized, gentle, past participle of mansuēscere to become tame < manus hand (see manus n.¹) + suēscere to become accustomed, cognate with ancient Greek ἔθος custom, habit (compare with lengthened grade ἦθος ethos n.), Sanskrit svadhā own mode of action, potency, and perhaps also with the Germanic base of Gothic sidus , Old English sidu , etc., custom (see sedeful adj.). Compare Old Occitan mansuet (c1300–50), Italian mansueto (c1308), Catalan mansuet (c1400), Spanish mansueto (1514), Portuguese mansueto (17th cent.; mansuetissimo 16th cent.). N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mænswī·t, mæ·nswīt) /mænˈswiːt/ /ˈmænswiːt/.

Obsolete.

1. Of a person, etc.: gentle, mild; civilized, refined.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adjective]

stillc825

tamec888

mildeOE

lithea1000

daftc1000

meekc1325

lambishc1374

meeklyc1375

benign1377

temperatec1380

quieta1382

gall-lessa1398

mansuetea1425

meeta1425

unwrathful1542

rageless1578

lamb-like?1592

mildya1603

milky1602

pigeon-livered1604

placid1614

spleenless?1615

passive1616

unprovokable1646

milken1648

uncaptious1661

stomachless1727

unindignant1789

pianoa1817

ireless1829

unquarrelsome1830

quiet-goinga1835

uncholeric1834

unoffendable1839

baby-milda1845

quiet-tempered1846

turtlish1855

pathic1857

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

stillc825

tamec888

nesheOE

mildeOE

softOE

lithea1000

daftc1000

methefulOE

sefteOE

meekc1175

benign1377

pleasablea1382

mytha1400

tendera1400

unfelona1400

mansuetea1425

meeta1425

gentlec1450

moy1487

placablea1522

facile1539

effeminate1594

silver1596

mildya1603

unmalicious1605

uncruel1611

maliceless1614

tender-hefteda1616

unpersecutive1664

baby-milda1845

rose water1855

turtlish1855

unvindictive1857

soft-boiled1859

tenderful1901

soft-lining1967

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 194 She..stood forth muwet, milde, and mansuete [It. tacita e modesta].

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 112 (MED) Whan mankynde was more mansuete, and bettir disposid to vertu.

?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 831 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 84 Full mykyll owte thy name for to be magnyfyed With mansuete myrth and gret swettnes.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 400 Ane fair ȝoung man..Mansweit and meik.

1621 S. Ward Life of Faith x. 71 Of woluish and dogged, makes the Will Lamb-like and Doue-like: of wilde and haggard, morigerous and mansuete.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 176 It will oblige men..not to be proud..but candid, placable, mansuete.

1858 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ 439 Our..clever, and not over mansuete friend ‘Fuge Medicos’.

2. Of an animal: tame, not wild or fierce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > docile

tamec888

hand-tameOE

softc1175

sober1398

mansuetea1525

sedate1791

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 83 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 That Is ye plesant pacok..manswet & mure.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 26 He kept this fish in a Pond..and delighted much to feed him with his own hand, the fish being very mansuete.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 109 This holds not only in domestick and mansuete Birds..but also in the Wild.

Derivatives

mansuetely adv. rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adverb]

mildOE

methelyOE

mildlyOE

meeklyc1175

mansuetelyc1429

placidly1635

impetulantly1821

unfrowardly1869

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

lithelyc897

softeOE

mildOE

methelyOE

mildlyOE

mansuetelyc1429

gently1525

gentle1548

tenderfully1640

laxly1785

placably1797

unfrowardly1869

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 2122 Bot Crist..soeffred for ensaumple alle this fulle manswetely.

a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 177 Than pray youre souereyn with wordus mansuetely to com to a good fyre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	mansuete
释义	† mansueteadj. Forms: late Middle English mansuet, late Middle English–1500s manswete, late Middle English–1800s mansuete; Scottish pre-1700 mansueit, pre-1700 mansuet, pre-1700 mansweit, pre-1700 manswet, pre-1700 manswete. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mansuet; Latin mansuētus, mansuēscere. Etymology: < Middle French mansuet (12th cent. in Old French) and its etymon classical Latin mansuētus tame, civilized, gentle, past participle of mansuēscere to become tame < manus hand (see manus n.¹) + suēscere to become accustomed, cognate with ancient Greek ἔθος custom, habit (compare with lengthened grade ἦθος ethos n.), Sanskrit svadhā own mode of action, potency, and perhaps also with the Germanic base of Gothic sidus , Old English sidu , etc., custom (see sedeful adj.). Compare Old Occitan mansuet (c1300–50), Italian mansueto (c1308), Catalan mansuet (c1400), Spanish mansueto (1514), Portuguese mansueto (17th cent.; mansuetissimo 16th cent.). N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mænswī·t, mæ·nswīt) /mænˈswiːt/ /ˈmænswiːt/. Obsolete. 1. Of a person, etc.: gentle, mild; civilized, refined. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adjective] stillc825 tamec888 mildeOE lithea1000 daftc1000 meekc1325 lambishc1374 meeklyc1375 benign1377 temperatec1380 quieta1382 gall-lessa1398 mansuetea1425 meeta1425 unwrathful1542 rageless1578 lamb-like?1592 mildya1603 milky1602 pigeon-livered1604 placid1614 spleenless?1615 passive1616 unprovokable1646 milken1648 uncaptious1661 stomachless1727 unindignant1789 pianoa1817 ireless1829 unquarrelsome1830 quiet-goinga1835 uncholeric1834 unoffendable1839 baby-milda1845 quiet-tempered1846 turtlish1855 pathic1857 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] stillc825 tamec888 nesheOE mildeOE softOE lithea1000 daftc1000 methefulOE sefteOE meekc1175 benign1377 pleasablea1382 mytha1400 tendera1400 unfelona1400 mansuetea1425 meeta1425 gentlec1450 moy1487 placablea1522 facile1539 effeminate1594 silver1596 mildya1603 unmalicious1605 uncruel1611 maliceless1614 tender-hefteda1616 unpersecutive1664 baby-milda1845 rose water1855 turtlish1855 unvindictive1857 soft-boiled1859 tenderful1901 soft-lining1967 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 194 She..stood forth muwet, milde, and mansuete [It. tacita e modesta]. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 112 (MED) Whan mankynde was more mansuete, and bettir disposid to vertu. ?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 831 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 84 Full mykyll owte thy name for to be magnyfyed With mansuete myrth and gret swettnes. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 400 Ane fair ȝoung man..Mansweit and meik. 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith x. 71 Of woluish and dogged, makes the Will Lamb-like and Doue-like: of wilde and haggard, morigerous and mansuete. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 176 It will oblige men..not to be proud..but candid, placable, mansuete. 1858 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ 439 Our..clever, and not over mansuete friend ‘Fuge Medicos’. 2. Of an animal: tame, not wild or fierce. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > docile tamec888 hand-tameOE softc1175 sober1398 mansuetea1525 sedate1791 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 83 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 That Is ye plesant pacok..manswet & mure. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 26 He kept this fish in a Pond..and delighted much to feed him with his own hand, the fish being very mansuete. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 109 This holds not only in domestick and mansuete Birds..but also in the Wild. Derivatives mansuetely adv. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adverb] mildOE methelyOE mildlyOE meeklyc1175 mansuetelyc1429 placidly1635 impetulantly1821 unfrowardly1869 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adverb] lithelyc897 softeOE mildOE methelyOE mildlyOE mansuetelyc1429 gently1525 gentle1548 tenderfully1640 laxly1785 placably1797 unfrowardly1869 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 2122 Bot Crist..soeffred for ensaumple alle this fulle manswetely. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 177 Than pray youre souereyn with wordus mansuetely to com to a good fyre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1425
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