serene
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adjective \sə-ˈrēn\Definition of SERENE
1
a : clear and free of storms or unpleasant change <serene skies> b : shining bright and steady <the moon, serene in glory — Alexander Pope>
2
: august —used as part of a title <His Serene Highness>
3
: marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude <a serene smile>
— se·rene·ly adverb
— se·rene·ness \-ˈrēn-nəs\ noun
See Examples of SERENE
- <a serene woman who was everyone's source of support>
- Between the two Azorean blue belfries of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, a serene statue of the Madonna gazes out at the harbor, cradling a small boat in her arm. —Anita Diamant, National Geographic Traveler, September 2005
- And Breeders' Cup day was anything but serene. The weather was … cold and often gray, with a 20-mile-an-hour headwind scouring the backstretch. —Lorna Lentini, New York Times, 14 July 2002
- For Ben and me, in Omaha in 1961, our lives were untroubled and serene. After six years of marriage, we seemed to have reached the happy ending to the national American Dream. —Lois Mark Stalvey, The Education of a WASP, (1989) 1998
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Origin of SERENE
Middle English, from Latin serenus clear, cloudless, untroubled
First Known Use: 15th century
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Rhymes with SERENE
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2se·rene
noun \sə-ˈrēn\Definition of SERENE
1
archaic : a serene condition or expanse (as of sky, sea, or light)
2
archaic : serenity, tranquility
Examples of SERENE
- Oft of one wide expanse had I been told / That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne: /Yet did I never breathe its pure serene / Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: … —John Keats, “On First Looking into Chapman's Homer,” 1816
Origin of SERENE
(see 1serene)
First Known Use: 1644
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