MILD, MILDNESS
ADJECTIVES
► DAFT mild, gentle, meek, humble → c1000 obs.
► DEBONAIR of gentle disposition, mild, meek; gracious, kindly; courteous, affable → a1225 obs.
► HAND-TAME tame and submissive to handling; mild, gentle → a1300 obs.
► MEEK-TASTED sweet or mild of taste → 1897 Sc.
► MEETH modest, mild, gentle → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MEEVERLY mild; of a gentle or modest disposition; shy, bashful; sparing in eating and drinking → 1819 Eng. dial.
► MELCH ► MELSH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft → 1790 Eng. dial.
► METHEFUL restrained, moderate; gentle, mild → c1000 obs.
► MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted → 19C Eng. dial.
► NESH tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings → c897 obs.
► SOOT adj. pleasant, agreeable, gentle, mild, gracious → 1225 obs.
► UNCAPTIOUS meek, mild → 1661
► UNCHOLERIC meek, mild → 1831
NOUNS
► DEBONAIRSHIP debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability → a1240 obs.
► DEBONAIRTY ► DEBONARITY debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability → a1225 obs.
► FAVOUR lenity, mildness, mitigation of punishment; an instance of this, a lenient act → c1460 obs.
► LENITUDE gentleness, mildness → 1627 obs.
► LENITY mildness, gentleness, mercifulness in disposition or behaviour → 1548
► SKILLY AND TOKE anything mild or insipid → M19 sl.