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morigerous

morigerous adjective: obedient; obsequious.

Adjective

morigerous (comparative more morigerous, superlative most morigerous)

  1. (obsolete) obedient; obsequious
    • Timon , thou hast a wife morigerous
      Shee is the onely comfort of my age.c. 1600, Alexander Dyce, Timon
    • The men and lads are gentle, I might even say gentlemanly in their manners, most kind and obliging, docile and morigerous, and yet manly and intelligent.1850, Field,Edward A Journal of a Visitation in the "Hawk" Church Ship, On the Coast of Labrador, and round the Whole Island of Newfoundland, in the year 1849, The Society for the Propagation of the...

Forms of morigerous

comparativemore morigerous
superlativemost morigerous

Origin of morigerous

Borrowed from Latin morigerus, from mōs, mōris (“custom, manner”) + gerō (“to bear, conduct”).

Words formed from morigerous

Questions about morigerous

What does morigerous mean?
Morigerous means obedient; obsequious.
What part of speech is morigerous?
Morigerous is an adjective.

Words near morigerous in the dictionary

  1. Morier
  2. Morieux
  3. moriform
  4. Morigaon
  5. morigeration
  6. morigerous
  7. Moriguchi
  8. Moriguchis
  9. Morija
  10. Morikawa
  11. Morikawas

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