Meanings
comparative more morigerous · superlative most morigerous
- obsoleteobedient; obsequious
Timon , thou hast a wife morigerous Shee is the onely comfort of my age.
c. 1600, Alexander Dyce, Timon1 more example
The men and lads are gentle, I might even say gentlemanly in their manners, most kind and obliging, docile and morigerous, and yet manly and intelligent.
1850, Field,Edward A Journal of a Visitation in the "Hawk" Church Ship, On the Coast of Labrador, and round the Whole Island of Newfoundland, in the year 1849, The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (July 1850)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinmorigerus
- Englishmorigerous
Borrowed from Latin morigerus, from mōs, mōris (“custom, manner”) + gerō (“to bear, conduct”).
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