composure

== English == === Etymology === From compose + -ure. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəmˈpəʊʒə/ Hyphenation: com‧po‧sure === Noun === composure (countable and uncountable, plural composures) Calmness of mind or temperament. Synonyms: coolness, self-possession, countenance (obsolete) The act of composing 1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592,[3] […] Signr Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. (obsolete) Something which is composed; a composition. (obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition. (obsolete) Frame; make; temperament. (obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond. ==== Synonyms ==== (calmness): equanimity, countenance, (calmness): See also Thesaurus:calm ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====