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Originally posted by fabsroman
Rocky,
You need to stop with the big words because I do not have a dictionary on my desk yet. Then again, I guess I could look it up on the internet somewhere. No time for that though. LOL
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mansuetude
n. sweetness of temper; tameness.
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SYLLABICATION: manˇsueˇtude
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.
Fabs, I feel much better when I'm not the only one looking up words on-line.
