"mansuetude" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈman.swɪ.tjuːd/ [UK], /mænˈsuət(j)ud/ [US] Audio: en-us-mansuetude.ogg [US] Forms: mansuetudes [plural]
Etymology: Via Middle French mansuetude or directly from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, perfect passive participle of mansuēscō (“I tame”), from manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|mansuetude}} Middle French mansuetude, {{uder|en|la|mansuētūdō}} Latin mansuētūdō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mansuetude (countable and uncountable, plural mansuetudes)
  1. (archaic) Gentleness, tameness. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (gentleness, meekness): mansuetud [feminine] (Catalan), mansuetudine [feminine] (Italian), łagodność [masculine] (Polish), delikatność (Polish), mansuetude [feminine] (Portuguese), mansidão [feminine] (Portuguese), доброду́шие (dobrodúšije) [neuter] (Russian), caballerosidad (Spanish)

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