milk of human kindness

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Compassion shown to other people.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be / What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness / To catch ⟳ the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, / Art not without ambition, but without / The illness should attend ⟳ it.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

milk of lime milk of magnesia milk of roses milk pan milk parsley milk pea

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