mollitude

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UK/ˈmɒlɪtjuːd/

noun

Softness; luxuriousness.

OriginLatin mollitūdō →
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Meanings

nounmollitude (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableSoftness; luxuriousness.

    I have frequented bordels since my sixteenth year, but […] nothing about them pre-announced the luxury and mollitude of my first Villa Venus.

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2001, page 274

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
softness

Origin

  1. Latinmollitūdō
  2. Englishmollitude

From Latin mollitūdō, from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, Latin moll- + -itude.

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APA

mollitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollitude

MLA

“mollitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollitude. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mollitude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollitude.

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