serene

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   completely clear and fine

   serene skies and a bright blue sea

2. 2
   adj

   Calm, peaceful, unruffled.

   She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.

3. 3
   adj

   Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.

   I took train and reached Wichita, where my active partner was awaiting me. He had just returned from the Medicine River, and reported everything serene.

4. 4
   adj

   Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.

   Now ſleeping flocks on their ſoft fleeces lie, / The moon, ſerene in glory, mounts the sky, […]

5. 5
   adj

   Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.

   Her Serene Highness

6. 6
   verb

   To make serene.

   The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.

7. 7
   noun

   Serenity; clearness; calmness.

   the serene of heaven

8. 8
   noun

   A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

   Some ſerene blaſt me, or dire lightning ſtrike / This my offending face.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French serein, from Old French serein (“evening”), from Vulgar Latin *serānum, from substantive use of sērum, neuter of sērus (“late”) + -ānus suffix.