Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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mansuetude \MAN-swi-tood\, noun:
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Mildness; gentleness.
Mildness; gentleness.
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I wonder if the B.O. will display a bit of mansuetude tonight when he goes to Arizona, or will he continue the attack on free speech, gun control, and conservatism!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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
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You are safe, dear old man, you are safe, temporarily, in the mansuetude of our care, Julie said.-- Donald Barthelme, Donald Antrim, The dead father
You are safe, dear old man, you are safe, temporarily, in the mansuetude of our care, Julie said.-- Donald Barthelme, Donald Antrim, The dead father
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Mansuetude derives from the Latin mansuescere, literally "to tame by the hand."
Mansuetude derives from the Latin mansuescere, literally "to tame by the hand."
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