meekhead

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noun

The state or quality of being meek; meekness.

OriginMiddle English mekehede →
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Meanings

nounmeekhead (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe state or quality of being meek; meekness.

    For though we feel in us wrath, debate, and strife, yet we be all mercifully beclosed in the mildhead of God, and in his meekhead, in his benignity, and in his buxomness.

    1902, Julienne De Norwich, Sixteen revelations of Divine Love

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmekehede
  2. Englishmeekhead

From Middle English mekehede, equivalent to meek + -head.

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APA

meekhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meekhead

MLA

“meekhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meekhead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meekhead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meekhead.

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