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submiss
[ suhb-mis ]
submiss
/ səbˈmɪs /
adjective
- docile; submissive
- soft in tone
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of submiss1
C16: from Latin submissus lowered, gentle, from submittere to reduce, from sub- + mittere to send
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Example Sentences
Probably his new allodial Ritter gentlemen were not the most submiss, when made hereditary?
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For your interest or favour with him, you are to be the shorter or longer, more familiar or submiss, as he will afford you time.
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To such of the Canons as he came upon, his Majesty was most polite; they most submiss.
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Those entrusted with the power of office must also be the most obedient and submiss.
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Lost, viii.: “In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss: he reared me.”
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