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serene

adj
/səˈɹi(ː)n/

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.

  1. derived from *serānum✻
  2. derived from serein
  3. borrowed from serein

Definitions

  1. Calm, peaceful, unruffled.

    • She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.
    • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

  2. Without worry or anxiety

    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.

  3. Fair and unclouded (as of the sky)

    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, […]
    • Full many a gem of pureſt ray ſerene / The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: […]
    • A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

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

      • Her Serene Highness

    2. To make serene.

      • The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.
      • When heaven and earth, as if contending, vye / To raiſe his being, and ſerene his ſoul.

    3. Serenity

      Serenity; clearness; calmness.

      • the serene of heaven
      • To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene.

    4. A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

      • Some ſerene blaſt me, or dire lightning ſtrike / This my offending face.
      • ... Nor unwholesome serene shall From the moon's moist influence fall.
      • ... to preserve the Brain from the Serenes that fall in hot Countries, and other Injuries of the Air, especially in the Night, […]

    5. A female given name from English. A rare variant of Serena.

      • The Prince according to the former token, / Which faire Serene to him delivered had, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at serene. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01serene02calm03anger04insults05insult06superior07serenely

A definitional loop anchored at serene. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at serene

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA