mansuetudinous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by mansuetude; mild; meek; gentle.
Example Sentences
- "[Y]ou who so often consigned your distributory tidings of great joy into our nevertoolatetolove box, mansuetudinous manipulator, […]"
- "It may be that this was simply a mansuetudinous interpretation on the part of Mordiern."
- "Serapica was a man of remarkably mansuetudinous disposition, which is perhaps why Cardinal de' Medici had taken him into his employment."
- "to themselves for what they deemed to be a particularly mansuetudinous provision for the Allies, but as a matter of fact they were perfectly well aware that this undertaking could not be made binding on the enemy."
- "Among the intelligentsia he was best known for his fervent but pointless monologues, or his mansuetudinous dialogues with himself."
- "His mansuetudinous retreat at the approach of his wife, Elvire (his behaviour evokes the henpecked husband rather than the romantic hero)."
Etymology
From Latin mansuētūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of mansuētūdō, from mansuēscō + -tūdō, from man(us) + suēscō. By surface analysis, mansuetude + -ous.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more mansuetudinous (comparative)
most mansuetudinous (superlative)