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meek

  [meek]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame.
3. Obsolete. gentle; kind.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME meke, meoc < ON mjūkr soft, mild, meek

Related forms:
meekly, adverb
meekness, noun

Synonyms:
1. forbearing; yielding; unassuming; pacific, calm, soft. See gentle.
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meek   (mēk)   
adj.   meek·er, meek·est

  1. Showing patience and humility; gentle.

  2. Easily imposed on; submissive.


[Middle English meke, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse mjūkr, soft.]
meek'ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

meek 
c.1200, "gentle, courteous, kind," from O.N. mjukr "soft, pliant, gentle," from P.Gmc. *meukaz (cf. Goth. muka-modei "humility," Du. muik "soft"), of uncertain origin. Use to translate L. mansuetus from Vulgate (see mansuetude). Sense of "submissive" is from 1340.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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