lenituden.
/ˈlɛnɪtjuːd/ rare. † a. In a material sense: Smoothness. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > qualities of medicines
acuity1543
benignity1605
lenitude1657
incompatibility1825
alkalescency1826
specificity1876
compatibility1898
orgonity1945
addictiveness1955
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Fv Some [purge] by lenitude, as viscid..Medicaments.
b. = lenity n. (in the first quot. perhaps misused for lentitude).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]
sweetnessc1000
mildnessOE
lithenessc1175
mildshipa1200
softnessa1200
mildheadc1300
softheadc1350
mansuetudec1390
tendresse1390
tendernessa1400
gentleness?c1400
mansuetiea1500
suavitude1512
treatableness1526
placability1531
lenity1548
pleasableness1556
mollity1562
fair1599
lenitude1627
placableness1647
unaggressiveness1870
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 269 Lenitude, rather than lenity of Magistrates.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lenitude, the same [as Lenity].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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