submissadj.n.

Brit.

/səbˈmɪs/, U.S.

/səbˈmɪs/

Forms: 1500s–1700s submis, 1500s–1600s submisse, 1600s– submiss.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin submissus, summissus, submittere.

Etymology: < classical Latin submissus (also summissus) low in position, (of the voice or a sound) not loud, low, (of a person) humble, submissive, servile, use as adjective of past participle of submittere submit v. Compare (as adjective) Middle French submis (13th cent. in Old French), French soumis (mid 17th cent.), Spanish sumiso (15th cent.), Portuguese submisso (1587), Italian sommesso (mid 14th cent.). Compare submissive adj. Compare also summiss adj.

Now archaic and rare.

A. adj.

1. Submissive; characterized by humility and readiness to obey. Frequently with to.

a. Of a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective]

tholemodec1000

bowinga1340

subjectc1384

enclinant1400

yoldena1413

subjective1417

prostratec1425

obtemperate?a1475

subjected1550

subject-like1553

submiss1570

submissive1572

yielding1578

obnoxious1591

subordinate1594

subjectly1596

yieldable1603

dejective1611

passive1616

awebound1631

succumbent1647

resigning1648

complaisant1676

ovine1676

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 311/2 Neither was the kyng now and Archb. so submisse: but [etc.].

1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. Q^v Was neuer Doue or Turtle more submisse, Then I will be vnto your chastisement.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. iii. 207 To execute rigour vpon a submisse offender is more mercilesse then iust.

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 110 It were to be wished, that such transported spirits were taught to be more submisse and sparing in their talk.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 316 With aw In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss .

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 12 Then also, though to foreign yoke submiss, She undemolish'd stood.

1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 112 Huntsman, lead on! behind the clust'ring Pack Submiss attend.

a1846 A. T. de Vere Mary Tudor (1847) i. iii. iii. 76 Sir, you presume. Your station Is our confessional. There, as a daughter, I stand submiss.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. iv. 213 To such of the Canons as he came upon, his Majesty was most polite; they most submiss.

1931 L. Binyon tr. Dante Inferno i, in Coll. Poems II. 240 For that Lord Emperor who doth reign on high, Because I was not to his law submiss, Wills not that I to his city come too nigh.

1999 R. Hill Arms & Women 11 Behind, like Garbage from their vessels flung,—Submiss, submerged, but certainly not sung—A wake of Women trailed in long Parade.

b. Of an action, a feeling, behaviour, etc.

ΚΠ

1585 R. Greene Planetomachia sig. E^v With a submisse reuerence she tooke her leaue and departed.

1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. A3^v Pandosto..entertayned the Kings..and noble men with such submisse curtesie.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 190 King Iames mollified by the Bishops submisse and eloquent Letters.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xcv. 6 Paraphr.) 475 Even the submissest and lowlyest gestures.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi Introd. sig. C 3/2 A Simple, Submiss, Humble Style.

1757 S. Boyce Poems 35 The youth the glitt'ring Prize Receives with mien submiss.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. I. i. 12 The great works of past ages..in respect to which his faculties must remain passive and submiss.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. ii. 154 Godwin but prays with all submiss and earnest prayer.

1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair i. xi Every testimony of the submiss heart given him by my lady.

c. figurative. Of material things.

ΚΠ

1637 S. Marmion Morall Poem: Cupid & Psyche i. i. 113 With her rosie feet insulting ore The submisse waves, a Dolphin she bestrides.

1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy ii. 193 The loadstone draws, Acts like a will to make the iron submiss.

1913 E. Dowden Woman's Reliquary lxxxi. 46 Poor fiddle, lacking craftsman's name; Yet poised, and to the bow submiss.

2. Of the voice or speech: low, uttered in an undertone, subdued.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > spoken in an undertone

submiss1585

submissive1632

summiss1742

inward1774

sotto voce1809

undertoned1860

subvocalized1864

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > pleasant > soft or gentle voice

stillc1000

smalla1325

lowc1400

submiss1585

feigning1600

submissive1632

summiss1742

submitted1806

cushioned1909

1585 J. Sharrock tr. C. Ocland Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation i. sig. A.ii^v Helpe from the Gods, with voyce submisse [L. tacitus], and lowly minde I crau'de.

1599 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas (new ed.) xvi. 216 In the eares of God a vehement desire is a great crie, a remisse and carelesse intention is a submisse and still voice.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xxx. 425 They said with a low and submisse voyce [Sp. con vna voz muy humilde y baxa], Sir [etc.].

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 844 That submiss reading in Churches sine cantu, which we use now.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. vii. 235 Enquiring with a submisse voice, as if he had been at his private prayers, Shall I doe so, or so?

1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 118 As Age enfeebleth a man the grindings are weaker, and the several voices of them more submiss.

1717 S. Wesley Hist. New Test. in Verse 34 With Eyes dejected, scarcely rais'd his Head. And Voice submiss, he to our Saviour said [etc.].

1787 tr. F. G. Klopstock Messiah iv. 182 Judas, then with submiss Voice said, Is it I?

1870 tr. Reply to Marcion iii, in Ante-Nicene Christian Libr. XVIII. 350 Psalmographist David, great king and prophet, with a voice Submiss was wont Christ's future suffering To sing.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xvii. 23 Guitelnus..speaks, with submiss voice.

†3. Of a building, etc.: unostentatious, plain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > modest or unpretentious specifically of things

modest1582

lowly1637

submiss1638

verecundiousa1639

unambitious1713

quiet1768

chastea1797

unassuminga1807

unshowy1838

low-keyed1878

low key1897

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 88 The buildings are generally submisse and low.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 40 Pylasters..ought not..to be of such stately height as Pillars, but far more humble and submiss.

†B. n.

With the. Submissive people, regarded as a group; the meek. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > humble people

meekc1175

submiss1737

1737 W. Shenstone Poems upon Var. Occasions 18 To thwart the proud, and the submiss to raise.

1848 A. De Vere Eng. Misrule & Irish Misdeeds iv. 245 Let it rather be the praise of England that she neither trampled on the proud nor spared the submiss alone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	submiss
释义	submissadj.n. Brit. /səbˈmɪs/, U.S. /səbˈmɪs/ Forms: 1500s–1700s submis, 1500s–1600s submisse, 1600s– submiss. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin submissus, summissus, submittere. Etymology: < classical Latin submissus (also summissus) low in position, (of the voice or a sound) not loud, low, (of a person) humble, submissive, servile, use as adjective of past participle of submittere submit v. Compare (as adjective) Middle French submis (13th cent. in Old French), French soumis (mid 17th cent.), Spanish sumiso (15th cent.), Portuguese submisso (1587), Italian sommesso (mid 14th cent.). Compare submissive adj. Compare also summiss adj. Now archaic and rare. A. adj. 1. Submissive; characterized by humility and readiness to obey. Frequently with to. a. Of a person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] tholemodec1000 bowinga1340 subjectc1384 enclinant1400 yoldena1413 subjective1417 prostratec1425 obtemperate?a1475 subjected1550 subject-like1553 submiss1570 submissive1572 yielding1578 obnoxious1591 subordinate1594 subjectly1596 yieldable1603 dejective1611 passive1616 awebound1631 succumbent1647 resigning1648 complaisant1676 ovine1676 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 311/2 Neither was the kyng now and Archb. so submisse: but [etc.]. 1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. Q^v Was neuer Doue or Turtle more submisse, Then I will be vnto your chastisement. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. iii. 207 To execute rigour vpon a submisse offender is more mercilesse then iust. 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 110 It were to be wished, that such transported spirits were taught to be more submisse and sparing in their talk. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 316 With aw In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss . View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 12 Then also, though to foreign yoke submiss, She undemolish'd stood. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 112 Huntsman, lead on! behind the clust'ring Pack Submiss attend. a1846 A. T. de Vere Mary Tudor (1847) i. iii. iii. 76 Sir, you presume. Your station Is our confessional. There, as a daughter, I stand submiss. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. iv. 213 To such of the Canons as he came upon, his Majesty was most polite; they most submiss. 1931 L. Binyon tr. Dante Inferno i, in Coll. Poems II. 240 For that Lord Emperor who doth reign on high, Because I was not to his law submiss, Wills not that I to his city come too nigh. 1999 R. Hill Arms & Women 11 Behind, like Garbage from their vessels flung,—Submiss, submerged, but certainly not sung—A wake of Women trailed in long Parade. b. Of an action, a feeling, behaviour, etc. ΚΠ 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia sig. E^v With a submisse reuerence she tooke her leaue and departed. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. A3^v Pandosto..entertayned the Kings..and noble men with such submisse curtesie. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 190 King Iames mollified by the Bishops submisse and eloquent Letters. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xcv. 6 Paraphr.) 475 Even the submissest and lowlyest gestures. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi Introd. sig. C 3/2 A Simple, Submiss, Humble Style. 1757 S. Boyce Poems 35 The youth the glitt'ring Prize Receives with mien submiss. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. I. i. 12 The great works of past ages..in respect to which his faculties must remain passive and submiss. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. ii. 154 Godwin but prays with all submiss and earnest prayer. 1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair i. xi Every testimony of the submiss heart given him by my lady. c. figurative. Of material things. ΚΠ 1637 S. Marmion Morall Poem: Cupid & Psyche i. i. 113 With her rosie feet insulting ore The submisse waves, a Dolphin she bestrides. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy ii. 193 The loadstone draws, Acts like a will to make the iron submiss. 1913 E. Dowden Woman's Reliquary lxxxi. 46 Poor fiddle, lacking craftsman's name; Yet poised, and to the bow submiss. 2. Of the voice or speech: low, uttered in an undertone, subdued. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > spoken in an undertone submiss1585 submissive1632 summiss1742 inward1774 sotto voce1809 undertoned1860 subvocalized1864 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > pleasant > soft or gentle voice stillc1000 smalla1325 lowc1400 submiss1585 feigning1600 submissive1632 summiss1742 submitted1806 cushioned1909 1585 J. Sharrock tr. C. Ocland Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation i. sig. A.ii^v Helpe from the Gods, with voyce submisse [L. tacitus], and lowly minde I crau'de. 1599 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas (new ed.) xvi. 216 In the eares of God a vehement desire is a great crie, a remisse and carelesse intention is a submisse and still voice. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xxx. 425 They said with a low and submisse voyce [Sp. con vna voz muy humilde y baxa], Sir [etc.]. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 844 That submiss reading in Churches sine cantu, which we use now. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. vii. 235 Enquiring with a submisse voice, as if he had been at his private prayers, Shall I doe so, or so? 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 118 As Age enfeebleth a man the grindings are weaker, and the several voices of them more submiss. 1717 S. Wesley Hist. New Test. in Verse 34 With Eyes dejected, scarcely rais'd his Head. And Voice submiss, he to our Saviour said [etc.]. 1787 tr. F. G. Klopstock Messiah iv. 182 Judas, then with submiss Voice said, Is it I? 1870 tr. Reply to Marcion iii, in Ante-Nicene Christian Libr. XVIII. 350 Psalmographist David, great king and prophet, with a voice Submiss was wont Christ's future suffering To sing. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xvii. 23 Guitelnus..speaks, with submiss voice. †3. Of a building, etc.: unostentatious, plain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > modest or unpretentious specifically of things modest1582 lowly1637 submiss1638 verecundiousa1639 unambitious1713 quiet1768 chastea1797 unassuminga1807 unshowy1838 low-keyed1878 low key1897 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 88 The buildings are generally submisse and low. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 40 Pylasters..ought not..to be of such stately height as Pillars, but far more humble and submiss. †B. n. With the. Submissive people, regarded as a group; the meek. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > humble people meekc1175 submiss1737 1737 W. Shenstone Poems upon Var. Occasions 18 To thwart the proud, and the submiss to raise. 1848 A. De Vere Eng. Misrule & Irish Misdeeds iv. 245 Let it rather be the praise of England that she neither trampled on the proud nor spared the submiss alone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1570
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