man·sue·tude
[man-swi-tood, -tyood]
swɪˌtud
–noun
mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.
mansuetude \MAN-swi-tood\, noun:
Mildness; gentleness.
mansuetude \MAN-swi-tood\, noun:
Mildness; gentleness.
For indeed, it is possible to attain a state of divine mansuetude that nothing dismays and nothing surprises, just as one in love might, after many years, arrive at a sublime tranquillity of the sentiments, sure of their force and durability, through constant experience of their pleasures and pains.
-- Honoré de Balzac, Jordan Stump, Adam Gopnik, The Wrong Side of Paris
You are safe, dear old man, you are safe, temporarily, in the mansuetude of our care, Julie said.Mansuetude derives from the Latin mansuescere, literally "to tame by the hand."
-- Donald Barthelme, Donald Antrim, The dead father
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L mānsuētūdō tameness, mildness, equiv. to mānsuē-, base of mānsuēscere to become tame, mild ( man ( us ) hand + suēscere to become accustomed) + -tūdō -tude
1350–1400; ME < L mānsuētūdō tameness, mildness, equiv. to mānsuē-, base of mānsuēscere to become tame, mild ( man ( us ) hand + suēscere to become accustomed) + -tūdō -tude
