mild
noun/maɪld/
/maɪld/
[uncountable] (British English)- a type of dark beer with a mild taste
- Two pints of mild, please.
Word OriginOld English milde (originally in the sense ‘gracious, not severe in command’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German mild, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mollis and Greek malthakos ‘soft’.Want to learn more?
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