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submiss

American  
[suhb-mis] / səbˈmɪs /

adjective

Archaic.

  1. submissive.

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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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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