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serene adjective & noun2. LME.
[Latin serenus clear, fair, calm (of weather etc.).]
A. adjective.
Of the weather, the air, the sky: clear, fine, and calm (without cloud or rain or wind). LME.
An honorific epithet given to a reigning prince (formerly esp. of Germany), member of a royal house, etc.; joc. of or pertaining to a person so designated. Now only in Serene Highness below. Cf. SERENITY 1. E16.
Serene Highness (with possess. adjective, as Her Serene Highness etc.) a title used in addressing or referring to members of some European royal families.
(Of a place, a period of time, a person's demeanour, etc.) calm, tranquil, untroubled, unperturbed; poet. (of light) clear and pure; expressive or suggestive of tranquillity. M17.
Pope The moon, serene in glory, mounts the sky. J. Ruskin The magnificent and serene constructions of the early Gothic. Henry Miller His face beaming with a quiet serene joy.
Phrases: all serene slang all's well; all right. drop serene [translating mod. Latin gutta serena s.v. GUTTA noun1] (rare, only with allusion to Milton) = AMAUROSIS.
b. noun. Chiefly poet. (now rare).
A condition of fine quiet weather. M17-L18.
An expanse of clear sky or calm sea. M18.
Serenity, tranquillity (of mind, conditions, etc.). M18.
Calm brightness, quiet radiance. E19.
serenely adverb E17.
sereneness noun E17.