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

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

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 Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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 Conrad, Robert Taylor

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

The great works of past ages seem to a young man things of another race, in respect to which his faculties must remain passive and submiss, even as to the stars and mountains.

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor