submissness

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noun

submissiveness

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Meanings

nounsubmissness (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablesubmissiveness

    Whachum advanced with all submissness

    1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “(please specify the page)”, in Hudibras. The First Part. […], London: […] J. G. for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC
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    or that the ſubmiſſneſs of our asking ſtirr'd up in him a certain pleaſure of denying.

    1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 104

Origin

From submiss + -ness.

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APA

submissness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submissness

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“submissness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submissness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submissness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submissness.

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