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English
Etymology
From Latin submissus.
Adjective
submiss (comparative more submiss, superlative most submiss)
- (obsolete) Submissive.
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 7:But to such as are judicious, meek, submiss, and quiet, these matters are easily remedied […]
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:[S]till by the maid / Love went submiss, with eye more dangerous / Than fancied basilisk to wound whoe'er / Too bold approached, […]