submiss

American  

[suhb-mis] / səbˈmɪs /

adjective

Archaic.

1. submissive.

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submiss British  

/ səbˈmɪs /

adjective

1. docile; submissive

2. soft in tone

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Etymology

Origin of submiss

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin submissus, past participle of submittere submit

Example Sentences

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submiss

Predestined by pure Grace to Bliss, My soul in transport bows submiss   To God, and hopes a crown to win.

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas

Omrahs about him crowd,   And rein the Arabian steed, and watch his nod: _330   And potent Rajahs, who themselves preside   O'er realms of wide extent; but here submiss   Their homage pay, alternate kings and slaves.

From The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan by

So spake the patriarch of mankind; but Eve Persisted; yet submiss, though last, replied.

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John

But cowardly my heart submiss remaining, Yields to receive what shaft thy fair eye darteth.

From Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana by Crow, Martha Foote

Oh! grant me, sacred shade,   To glean submiss what thy full sickle leaves.

From The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan by