Hypertext Webster Gateway: "meek"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meek \Meek\, a. [Compar. {Meeker}; superl. {Meekest}.] [OE. mek,
meoc; akin to Icel. mj?kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D.
muik, Goth. mukam?dei gentleness.]
1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient
under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful;
forbearing; submissive.
Not the man Moses was very meek. --Num. xii. 3.
2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by
mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.
``Her meek prayer.'' --Chaucer.
Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming;
humble. See {Gentle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meek \Meek\, Meeken \Meek"en\ (-'n), v. t.
To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
meek
adj 1: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or
even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
[syn: {mild}, {modest}]
2: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
Hughes [syn: {tame}]
3: evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or
compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of
those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek
conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had
the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient"
[syn: {compliant}, {spiritless}]
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