Etymology

mildheartedness

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Today it means: The quality of being mild (gentle, not easily angered). Full definition →

Old English mildheortnes
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  1. Old English · learned borrowing frommildheortnes
  2. English todaymildheartedness

Learned borrowing from Old English mildheortnes, intended to render the latter in textual translations. Synchronically mildhearted + -ness.

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