Serene

//səˈɹiːn// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Calm, peaceful, unruffled.

    "She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality."

  2. 2
    Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.

    "I took train and reached Wichita, where my active partner was awaiting me. He had just returned from the Medicine River, and reported everything serene."

  3. 3
    Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured. archaic

    "Now ſleeping flocks on their ſoft fleeces lie, / The moon, ſerene in glory, mounts the sky, […]"

  4. 4
    Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.

    "Her Serene Highness"

Adjective
  1. 1
    completely clear and fine wordnet
  2. 2
    not agitated; without losing self-possession wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from English. A rare variant of Serena.

    "The Prince according to the former token, / Which faire Serene to him delivered had, […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    Serenity; clearness; calmness. poetic

    "the serene of heaven"

  2. 2
    A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

    "Some ſerene blaſt me, or dire lightning ſtrike / This my offending face."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make serene. transitive

    "The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Middle French serein, from Old French serein (“evening”), from Vulgar Latin *serānum, from substantive use of sērum, neuter of sērus (“late”) + -ānus suffix.

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