submiss
Americanadjective
adjective
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docile; submissive
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soft in tone
Etymology
Origin of submiss
First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin submissus, past participle of submittere submit
Example Sentences
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At her throne Kings worshipp'd; and from her their subject crowns, Humbly obedient, held; and on her state Submiss attended; nor such servitude Opprobrious named.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. by Various
“In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss: he reared me.”
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
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