mollitude

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mollitude

/ˈmɒlɪtjuːd/ UK

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From Latin mollitūdō, from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, Latin moll- + -itude.

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archaic, uncountable Softness; luxuriousness. I have frequented bordels since my sixteenth year, but […] nothing about them pre-announced the luxury and mollitude of my first Villa Venus.

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@misc{mollitude_2026,
  title = {mollitude},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mollitude},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}