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demissive

demissive adjective: downcast; submissive; humble.

Adjective

demissive (comparative more demissive, superlative most demissive)

  1. downcast; submissive; humble
    • They pray with demissive eyelids.1630, Henry Lord, A Display of Two Forraigne Sects in the East-Indies

Forms of demissive

comparativemore demissive
superlativemost demissive

Origin of demissive

From demiss + -ive.

Questions about demissive

What does demissive mean?
Demissive means downcast; submissive; humble.
What part of speech is demissive?
Demissive is an adjective.

Words near demissive in the dictionary

  1. demissidine
  2. demissine
  3. demission
  4. demissionary
  5. demissions
  6. demissive
  7. demissly
  8. demissness
  9. demist
  10. demisted
  11. demister

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