mansuetude. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

mansuetude

SYLLABICATION:	man·sue·tude
PRONUNCIATION:	mnsw-td, -tyd
NOUN:	Gentleness of manner; mildness.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mnsutd, from mnsutus, past participle of mnsuscere, to tame : manus, hand; see man-² in Appendix I + suscere, to accustom; see s(w)e- in Appendix I.


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