meekness (noun)

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• meekness — meek ► ADJECTIVE ▪ quiet, gentle, and submissive. DERIVATIVES meekly adverb meekness noun. ORIGIN Old Norse, soft, gentle …   English terms dictionary

• meekness — noun see meek …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• meekness — noun the quality of being meek …   Wiktionary

• meekness — noun 1. the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness • Syn: ↑submission • Derivationally related forms: ↑meek • Hypernyms: ↑humility, ↑humbleness 2. a disposition to be patient and long suffering …   Useful english dictionary

• meekness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. submission, mildness, timidity; see docility , humility . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of vanity or self importance: humbleness, humility, lowliness, modesty. See ATTITUDE, BIG, SELF LOVE …   English dictionary for students

• meek — adjective Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse mjūkr gentle; akin to Welsh esmwyth soft Date: 13th century 1. enduring injury with patience and without resentment ; mild 2. deficient in spirit and courage ;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• meek — adjective quiet, gentle, and submissive. Derivatives meekly adverb meekness noun Origin ME me(o)c, from ON mjúkr soft, gentle …   English new terms dictionary

• meek — adjective very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue or express an opinion: a meek and obedient child | meek and mild (=extremely quiet and gentle): She d never stand up for herself, she s too meek and mild. meekly adverb: She smiled meekly.… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• meek — UK [miːk] / US [mɪk] adjective Word forms meek : adjective meek comparative meeker superlative meekest quiet, gentle, and easily persuaded by other people to do what they want Derived words: meekly adverb I was not going to submit meekly to his… …   English dictionary

• meek — /mik / (say meek) adjective 1. humbly patient or submissive, as under provocation from others. 2. unduly patient or submissive; spiritless; tame. {Middle English meke, meoc, from Old Norse mjūkr soft, mild, meek} –meekly, adverb –meekness, noun …  

• meek — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ quiet, gentle, and submissive. DERIVATIVES meekly adverb meekness noun. ORIGIN Old Norse, soft, gentle …   English terms dictionary