Meanings
adjectivedemissive (comparative more demissive, superlative most demissive)
comparative more demissive · superlative most demissive
- downcast; submissive; humble
They pray with demissive eyelids.
1630, Henry Lord, A Display of Two Forraigne Sects in the East-Indies
Origin
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demissive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demissive
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