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What was serenus, the Latin root of the word serene, used to describe?

serene

[suh-reen] / sΙ™Λˆrin /


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The whole set is really serene and Zen-like.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Her pastries are displayed gallery-style on individual plates with placard descriptions, and customers can eat them in a serene ground-floor dining area or get them to-go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

There is also a sizable swimming pool overlooking a fenced, lighted tennis court, as well as a serene pond with a charming bridge pathway running over it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Despite its sedate rural surroundings, operations at the Category B jail have been far from serene, with people describing a picture of chaos following the first private-to-private transfer of a prison in England and Wales.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

In Iowa, a state that is flat and stratigraphically uneventful, it tends to be comparatively serene.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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