demiss
demiss adjective: humble, lowly; abject.
Adjective
demiss (comparative more demiss, superlative most demiss)
- Humble, lowly; abject.
- Oh that I had whole westerne windes of breath,
My voice and tongue should not bee so remisse:
My notes should not bee so rare and demisse:1595, Barnabe Barnes, A Divine Centurie of Spirituall Sonnets, London: John Windet, Sonnet 31 - […] Master Bradshaw was not a man of much out side, nor forward to put out himself, of a very bashfull and demiss, but not fawning deportment […]1660, Samuel Clarke, The Lives of Two and Twenty English Divines, London: Thomas Underhill and John Rothwell, “The Life and Death of Master William Bradshaw,” pp. 45-46
- Oh that I had whole westerne windes of breath,
Forms of demiss
| comparative | more demiss |
|---|---|
| superlative | most demiss |
| alternative form | demisse |
Origin of demiss
From Latin dēmissus, past participle of dēmittō (“demit”).
Words formed from demiss
Questions about demiss
- What does demiss mean?
- Demiss means humble, lowly; abject.
- What part of speech is demiss?
- Demiss is an adjective.
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