mildheartedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"David for his meekness and mildheartedness was pleasing to God and was chosen king, so that God Himself spake thus concerning him, […]"
"We shall not readily ascribe the change to any mildheartedness of the lords."
"God is our father through his mildheartedness, and the fish signifies faith, that egg holy hope, and the bread true love"

Learned borrowing from Old English mildheortnes, intended to render the latter in textual translations. Synchronically mildhearted + -ness.

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What does mildheartedness mean?

The quality of being mild (gentle, not easily angered).

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