mildheartedness

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noun

The quality of being mild (gentle, not easily angered).

OriginOld English mildheortnes →
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Meanings

nounmildheartedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being mild (gentle, not easily angered).

    We shall not readily ascribe the change to any mildheartedness of the lords.

    1897, F. W. Maitland, Domesday Book and Beyond
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    David for his meekness and mildheartedness was pleasing to God and was chosen king, so that God Himself spake thus concerning him, […]

    1881, Ælfric, translated by Walter W. Skeat, Aelfric's Lives of Saints, page 341

    God is our father through his mildheartedness, and the fish signifies faith, that egg holy hope, and the bread true love

    2013, Mark C. Amodio, The Anglo Saxon Literature Handbook

Origin

  1. Old Englishmildheortnes
  2. Englishmildheartedness

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

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APA

mildheartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mildheartedness

MLA

“mildheartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mildheartedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mildheartedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mildheartedness.

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