Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milk of human kindness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: milk of hu-man kind-ness
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Compassion shown to other people.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be / What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, / Art not without ambition, but without / The illness should attend it."
"A pwt. of butter made from the milk of human kindness."

Etymology

First used by Shakespeare in Macbeth (see quotations).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does milk of human kindness mean?: Compassion shown to other people.
Where does milk of human kindness come from?: First used by Shakespeare in Macbeth (see quotations).

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