What is seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer called?
sadness — Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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