meek

miːk

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#1·7h ago

Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.

Origin: From , meke, meoc, probably a borrowing from , from , *mūkaz, from , *mewk-; compare and smūgan. Cognate with and , , and , , dialectal , Mauche. Compare as well , , , , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·7h ago

Submissive, dispirited, cowed.

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#3·7h ago

(US) To tame; to break (a horse).

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