adjective soft, mild, weak, tender DN.ii.17 = DN.iii.143 (+ taluṇa); AN.ii.151 (pañcindriyāni mudūni, soft, blunt weak: opp. tikkha); SN.ii.268 (˚taluṇa-hatthapādā) Snp.447 (= muduka Snp-a.393); Thag.460 (= loving) Pv.i.9#2; Vism.64; Pv-a.46, Pv-a.230. Compar. mudutara SN.v.201.

• -indriya (mud˚) weak, slow minded, of dull senses Pts.i.121 = Pts.ii.195; Vism.87.
• -citta a tender heart Pv-a.54.
• -cittatā kind (soft) heartedness Dhp-a.i.234.
• -piṭṭhika having a soft (i.e. pliable) back Vin.iii.35
• -bhūta supple, malleable DN.i.76 (+ kammaniya); Pp.68.
• -maddava soft & tender (said of food taken by young women to preserve their good looks) Dhs-a.403;
• -hadaya tender-hearted Dhp-a.ii.5.

Vedic mṛdu, fr. mṛd: see maddati; cp. Lat. mollis (fr. *moldṷis); Gr. ἀμαλδύνω to weaken, Cymr blydd soft