sérénissime

See also: serenissime

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian serenissimo, superlative of sereno.

Adjective

sérénissime (plural sérénissimes)

very serene
On donne de l’altesse sérénissime à tel prince.
(figuratively) majestuous, very noble
Le second service avait pour plat du milieu une sérénissime oie pleine de marrons. (Balzac, Pts bourg., 1850)
qualifies the Republic of Venice
La sérénissime république.

Further reading

“sérénissime” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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