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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Nearer his presence Adam, though not awed, Yet with submiss approach and reverence meek, As to a superiour nature bowing low, Thus said.
From Paradise Lost by John Milton
Those entrusted with the power of office must also be the most obedient and submiss.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
Thus he; the white-arm'd Queen of Heav'n submiss His mandate heard; and from th' Idaean mount With rapid flight to high Olympus sped.
From The Iliad by Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby
Neerer his presence Adam though not awd, Yet with submiss approach and reverence meek, As to a superior Nature, bowing low, 360 Thus said.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
The Muse, in times more ancient, made The grove's thick gloom her dwelling-place, And, queen-like, her proud sceptre swayed O'er a submiss and trembling race.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
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