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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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mildness (countable and uncountable, plural mildnesses)
- The quality of being mild; gentleness.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: 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
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