mildness

English

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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Noun

mildness (countable and uncountable, plural mildnesses)

1. The quality of being mild; gentleness.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i:

     A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares,
     To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde,
     That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood:

Translations

quality of being mild; gentleness

• Bulgarian: мекост (bg) f (mekost), благост (bg) f (blagost), умереност (bg) f (umerenost)
• German: Milde (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (mildiþa)
• Latin: lēnitās f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mildhet (no) m or f

Anagrams

• mindless