Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mansuetude

/mænˈsuət(j)ud/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-sue-tude
IPA: /mænˈsuət(j)ud/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Gentleness, tameness.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend."
"Quo me rapis? Quo indeed. My whole conduct, meekness, mansuetude, voluntary abasement, astonishes me."
"With mansuetude (compossible with my muliebrity), I condemn those niddering, olid morons who, in caliginosity of understanding, vilipend our English by attempting to exuviate words for which they cannot see any present custom."

Etymology

Via Middle French mansuetude or directly from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, perfect passive participle of mansuēscō (“to tame”), from manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mænˈsuət(j)ud/
British English: /ˈman.swɪ.tjuːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mansuetudes (plural)

Derived Forms

mansuetudinous

Questions

How do you pronounce mansuetude?: The recorded pronunciation is /mænˈsuət(j)ud/.
What does mansuetude mean?: Gentleness, tameness.
Where does mansuetude come from?: Via Middle French mansuetude or directly from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, perfect passive participle of mansuēscō (“to tame”), from manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”).

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