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submissness

submissness noun: submissiveness.

Noun

submissness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) submissiveness
    • or that the ſubmiſſneſs of our asking ſtirr'd up in him a certain pleaſure of denying.1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 104
    • Whachum advanced with all submissness1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “(please specify the page)”, in Hudibras. The First Part. […], London: […] J. G. for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC

Origin of submissness

From submiss + -ness.

Questions about submissness

What does submissness mean?
Submissness means submissiveness.
What part of speech is submissness?
Submissness is a noun.

Words near submissness in the dictionary

  1. submissively
  2. submissiveness
  3. submissives
  4. submissivity
  5. submissly
  6. submissness
  7. submit
  8. submitochondrial
  9. submitogenic
  10. submitral
  11. submits

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