A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V

Maieutic

adjective

  1. relating to or resembling the Socratic method of eliciting new ideas from another

[Full Dark House — Christopher Fowler]

Mansuetude

noun (ARCHAIC)

meekness; gentleness.

[“Writing Past the Wall, or the Passion According to H.C.” (Introduction to Hélène Cixous’s Coming to Writing and Other Essays) — Susan Rubin Suleiman]

Marmoreal

adj. (literary)

  1. made of or likened to marble: the marmoreal skin took on the flush of color.

[The Waves — Virginia Woolf]