Mollitude

//ˈmɒlɪtjuːd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Softness; luxuriousness. archaic, uncountable

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

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softness

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

Etymology

From Latin mollitūdō, from mollis (“soft”).

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