Etymology

morigerous

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Today it means: obedient; obsequious Full definition →

Latin morigerus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommorigerus
  2. English todaymorigerous

Borrowed from Latin morigerus, from mōs, mōris (“custom, manner”) + gerō (“to bear, conduct”).

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