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Traditional English :: serene
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serenety.html - adj. & n. --adj. (serener, serenest)
1 a (of the sky, the air, etc.) clear and calm. b (of the sea etc.) unruffled.
2 placid, tranquil, unperturbed. --n. poet. a serene expanse of sky, sea, etc. all serene Brit. sl. all right. Serene Highness a title used in addressing and referring to members of some European royal families (His Serene Highness; Their Serene Highnesses; Your Serene Highness). serenely adv. sereneness n. [L serenus] |
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Traditional English :: serenade
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serenety.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of music sung or played at night, esp. by a lover under his lady's window, or suitable for this.
2 = SERENATA. --v.tr. sing or play a serenade to. serenader n. [F s÷r÷nade f. It. serenata f. sereno SERENE] |
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Traditional English :: serenata
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serenety.html - n.
Mus.
1 a cantata with a pastoral subject.
2 a simple form of suite for orchestra or wind band. [It. (as SERENADE)] |
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Traditional English :: serendipity
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serenety.html - n. the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident. serendipitous adj. serendipitously adv. [coined by Horace Walpole (1754) after The Three Princes of Serendip (Sri Lanka), a fairy-tale] |
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Traditional English :: serene
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serenety.html - adj. & n. --adj. (serener, serenest)
1 a (of the sky, the air, etc.) clear and calm. b (of the sea etc.) unruffled.
2 placid, tranquil, unperturbed. --n. poet. a serene expanse of sky, sea, etc. all serene Brit. sl. all right. Serene Highness a title used in addressing and referring to members of some European royal families (His Serene Highness; Their Serene Highnesses; Your Serene Highness). serenely adv. sereneness n. [L serenus] |
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Traditional English :: serenity
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serenety.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 tranquillity, being serene. 2 (Serenity) a title used in addressing and referring to a reigning prince or similar dignitary (your Serenity). [F s or L serenitas (as SERENE) ] |
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