Meaning

adjective moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

adjective humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

adjective mild and pleasant

originFrom Middle English milde, from Old English milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind”). Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic…

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