serene

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  1. adjective Unaffected by disturbance; calm and unruffled. See Synonyms at calm.
  2. adjective Unclouded; fair: serene skies and a bright blue sea.
  3. adjective Used as a title and form of address for certain members of royalty: Her Serene Highness; His Serene Highness.

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  • But the public mind is no longer so confident and serene, and that from causes in which you are no ways personally mixed. —  Life and Times of Washington
  • She stood perfectly serene, her chubby arms stuck out stiffly from her sides, and in a loud, clear voice she recited this nonsense: —  Memories and Anecdotes
  • My mind was serene, and that was all; I drew near the excellent friend I was going to see, my heart overflowing with tenderness, enjoying in advance, but without intoxication, the pleasure of living near her; I had always expected this, and it was as if nothing new had happened. —  The Confessions of J J Rousseau
  • There was Mrs. Stanton — smiling, serene, and motherly — just the woman whose hand laid upon a young man's arm, whose voice speaking to him, could do so much to hold him back from evil. —  The Life and Work of Susan B Anthony 01
  • Never was a more beautiful, serene, assuring death than this we are all in tears for — for, believe me, my very dear sister, I have mourned with you, knowing what we all have lost, I who never saw her nor shall see her until a few years shall bring us all together to the place where none mourn nor are parted. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin serēnus, serene, clear.

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  1. = French sercin = Provencal seren, sere = Spanish Portuguese Italian sereno, from Latin serenus, bright, clear, calm (of weather); akin to Greek σέλας, brightness, σελήνη, the moon (see Selene), Sanskrit svar, sun, sunlight, heaven.
  2. from serene, a.
  3. Also in modern technical use serein (from modern F.); formerly also syrene; from Old French serein, earlier serain, French serein = Provencal seren = Spanish Portuguese sereno, the night-dew, the damp of evening, apparently orig. applied to a clear, beautiful evening, from Latin serenum, neuter of serenus, serene (see serene), but taken later as a derivative of serus, late (see soiree).
 

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