Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Downcast; humble; abject.
- In botany, depressed; flattened.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Cast down; humble; submissive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
Humble ,lowly ;abject .
Etymologies
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From Latin dēmissus, past participle of dēmittere ("demit").
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Examples
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He perceived that the Liberal ministry had offended certain influential sections by appearing too demiss or too unenterprising in foreign affairs.
Archaism. 1908
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Yet charitable readers will believe that in the following sentence demiss has slipped unconsciously from a learned pen:
Archaism. 1908
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De concessione demiss, Edwardo Ditchfield et aliis.
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But the present bunch now occupying the majority of this government are accelerating our demiss and I am not going to sit idly by and allow them free passage to do it.
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We need to demiss this idea that debt is a good thing that will help us grow.
qms commented on the word demiss
In failing to flatter you've been remiss
And now must appease unhappy Miss.
So forestall perdition
By abject contrition -
In posture and word be demiss.
July 23, 2015