† mollityn.

Forms: 1500s mollicie, 1600s mollitie.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French mollicie, mollitie.

Etymology: < Middle French mollicie, molicie gentleness, feebleness, unnatural vice (15th cent.; in 16th cent. also as mollitie) < classical Latin mollitiēs mollities n.

Obsolete. rare.

Behaviour thought to indicate weakness or effeminacy in a man; (perhaps) masturbation or submission to anal intercourse. Also more generally: gentleness.

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

1562 in Registrum Matthew Parker (1928) II. 701 He..did vse to lie in bedd with Mr. Leche and perceyved by him and that he did abuse himselfe oftentimes in mollicie.

1655 Marrow of Complements 2 If that tenderness and mollitie inherent and predominant in your soft sex sway its scepter in you.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mollity
释义	† mollityn. Forms: 1500s mollicie, 1600s mollitie. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French mollicie, mollitie. Etymology: < Middle French mollicie, molicie gentleness, feebleness, unnatural vice (15th cent.; in 16th cent. also as mollitie) < classical Latin mollitiēs mollities n. Obsolete. rare. Behaviour thought to indicate weakness or effeminacy in a man; (perhaps) masturbation or submission to anal intercourse. Also more generally: gentleness. 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 1562 in Registrum Matthew Parker (1928) II. 701 He..did vse to lie in bedd with Mr. Leche and perceyved by him and that he did abuse himselfe oftentimes in mollicie. 1655 Marrow of Complements 2 If that tenderness and mollitie inherent and predominant in your soft sex sway its scepter in you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1562
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