eutaxy

noun

eu·​taxy

ˈyüˌtaksē

plural -es

: good order or management

whose keeping of Christmas … was an annual example of that competent eutaxy in which her life was ordered

—Rose Macaulay

Word History

Etymology

Greek eutaxia, from eutaktos orderly (from eu- + taktos ordered, from tattein, tassein to put in order) + -ia -y

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