Definitions | mansuetude |
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- (archaic) gentleness, meekness
- 1972, Quo me rapis? Quo indeed. My whole conduct, meekness, , voluntary abasement, astonishes me. " Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain
Etymology: Old French mansuétude or Latin mansuetudo, from manus "hand" + suetus "accustomed".
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