Meanings
adjectivesubmiss (comparative more submiss, superlative most submiss)
comparative more submiss · superlative most submiss
- obsoleteSubmissive.
But to such as are judicious, meek, submiss, and quiet, these matters are easily remedied […]
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 3, member 71 more example
[S]till by the maid / Love went submiss, with eye more dangerous / Than fancied basilisk to wound whoe'er / Too bold approached, […]
1796, Robert Southey, “Book the Ninth”, in Joan of Arc, an Epic Poem, Bristol: […] Bulgin and Rosser, for Joseph Cottle, […], and Cadell and Davies, and G. G. and J. Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 362, lines 903–906
Origin
- Latinsubmissus
- Englishsubmiss
From Latin submissus.
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APA
submiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submiss
MLA
“submiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submiss. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submiss,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submiss.
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