Word of the Day 12/03/22 Mansuetude
Mansuetude (noun)
mansuetude [ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]
noun
1. mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.
ORIGIN: 1350–1400; Middle English < Latin mānsuētūdō tameness, mildness, equivalent to mānsuē-, base of mānsuēscere to become tame, mild (man(us) hand + suēscere to become accustomed) + -tūdō-tude
HOW TO USE MANSUETUDE IN A SENTENCE
He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue.
A TOP-FLOOR IDYL|GEORGE VAN SCHAICK
He was rubicund, and his little eyes looked me over with priestly mansuetude.
ROMANCE|JOSEPH CONRAD AND F.M. HUEFFER
The system has no room for it; even as it has no room for clemency, mansuetude; forbearance towards the weak.
FROM A CORNISH WINDOW|ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH
In any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach.
ENGLISH CONFERENCES OF ERNEST RENAN|ERNEST RENAN
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mansuetude [ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]
noun
1. mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.
ORIGIN: 1350–1400; Middle English < Latin mānsuētūdō tameness, mildness, equivalent to mānsuē-, base of mānsuēscere to become tame, mild (man(us) hand + suēscere to become accustomed) + -tūdō-tude
HOW TO USE MANSUETUDE IN A SENTENCE
He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue.
A TOP-FLOOR IDYL|GEORGE VAN SCHAICK
He was rubicund, and his little eyes looked me over with priestly mansuetude.
ROMANCE|JOSEPH CONRAD AND F.M. HUEFFER
The system has no room for it; even as it has no room for clemency, mansuetude; forbearance towards the weak.
FROM A CORNISH WINDOW|ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH
In any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach.
ENGLISH CONFERENCES OF ERNEST RENAN|ERNEST RENAN
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.