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meek
adjective
(
er, est
)
humble, Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
1848:
s:Author:Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens,
s:Dombey and Son/Chapter 8, Dombey and Son
:Mrs. Wickam was a woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else...
"Blessed are the , for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew chapter 5, verse 5)
submissive, Submissive, despirited, or of break one's will, broken will.
1920:
w:Sinclair Lewis, Sinclair Lewis,
Main Street
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=432765822&tag=Lewis,+Sinclair:+Main+Street,+1920&query=+meek&id=LewMain
:What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was to them. Fight or be eaten.
Etymology:
Middle English
meek
, meke, borrowed from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mjíkr, "soft".
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