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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To such of the Canons as he came upon, his Majesty was most polite; they most submiss.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle
So by the altar standeth she submiss And watchful, praying silent and intense To a strange-figured Goddess, to his sense Who knew but Aphrodité.
From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Henry Hewlett
‘With your Highness’s permission,’ he said, ‘and laying at his feet my most submiss apologies, I will now hasten to attend his further orders in the Chancery.’
From Prince Otto, a Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson
These existences, emanations, essences, what you will, are submiss, not to man, but to Nature.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Maurice Henry Hewlett
So spake the Patriarch of Mankinde, but Eve Persisted, yet submiss, though last, repli'd.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
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