mild

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not strong, severe, or extreme.

   She had only a mild headache and felt better after lunch.

2. 2
   adj

   Pleasantly warm; not cold.

   We had a mild winter with very little snow this year.

3. 3
   adj

   Not strong or sharp in taste.

   I prefer a mild curry that isn't too spicy.

4. 4
   adj

   Gentle and not easily made angry.

   He was a mild man who rarely raised his voice.

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Simplified etymology

Mild comes from Old English and belongs to the Germanic branch of a wider Indo-European word family. Its distant relatives include Latin mollis, “soft,” which also lies behind mollusc, mollify, and emollient.

From 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 mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr.

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