mildness


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mild/mʌɪld/
adjective
  • 1 not severe, harsh, or serious.

    ■ (of weather) moderately warm.

    ■ not sharp or strong in flavour.

    ■ (of a medicine or cosmetic) acting gently.

  • 2 not intense or extreme: mild surprise.
  • 3 gentle and not easily provoked.
noun Brit. a kind of dark beer not strongly flavoured with hops.
– derivatives
mildish adjective,
mildly adverb,
mildness noun.
– origin OE milde, of Gmc origin.
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