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

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

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

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John

Probably his new allodial Ritter gentlemen were not the most submiss, when made hereditary?

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas

These existences, emanations, essences, what you will, are submiss, not to man, but to Nature.

From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Hewlett, Maurice Henry