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mildness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
mild-ness
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being mild; gentleness.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English mildenesse, from Old English mildnes, mildness, equivalent to mild + -ness. Cognate with Old High German miltnissa (“compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

mildnesses (plural)

Synonyms

lenience leniency lenity gentleness softness clemency

Questions

What does mildness mean?
The quality of being mild; gentleness.
Where does mildness come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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