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meekhead

meekhead noun: the state or quality of being meek; meekness.

Noun

meekhead (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The state or quality of being meek; meekness.
    • For though we feel in us wrath, debate, and strife, yet we be all mercifully beclosed in the mildhead of God, and in his meekhead, in his benignity, and in his buxomness.1902, Julienne De Norwich, Sixteen revelations of Divine Love

Origin of meekhead

From Middle English mekehede, equivalent to meek + -head.

Questions about meekhead

What does meekhead mean?
Meekhead means the state or quality of being meek; meekness.
What part of speech is meekhead?
Meekhead is a noun.

Words near meekhead in the dictionary

  1. meekered
  2. meekering
  3. meekers
  4. meekest
  5. meekful
  6. meekhead
  7. meeking
  8. Meekings
  9. Meekins
  10. meekish
  11. meekishly

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