Suavitude

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sweetness, pleasantness; suavity. uncountable

    "And than the good hermite knewe clerely that God had vertously sent her for the nourisshing and sustentation of the poore litle children that he had founden, wherof he thanked God greatly of his divine savitude."

  2. 2
    The quality of being charming, elegant and confident; suaveness. uncountable

    "Suavitude galore is served on volumes five and six, with plenty o’ Memphis-carved grits by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Lady Aretha, Sam and Dave, Percy Sledge, and Joe Tex."

Example

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"And than the good hermite knewe clerely that God had vertously sent her for the nourisshing and sustentation of the poore litle children that he had founden, wherof he thanked God greatly of his divine savitude."

Etymology

From Latin suāvitūdō.

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