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Submiss   Listen
adjective
Submiss  adj.  
1.
Submissive; humble; obsequious. (Archaic) "Soft Silence and submiss Obedience." "Stooping and submiss."
2.
Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices. (R.)





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... nothing of her own, no mirth In honesty, nor eyes to worship worth, Nor pride except in that which makes men dogs, Nor loathing for the vice wherein, like logs That float beneath the sun, lie fair women Submiss, inert receptacles for sin? Is this her all? Hath she no heart, nor care Therefor? No womb, nor hope therein to bear Fruit of her heart's insurgence? Is her face, Are these her breasts for fondling, not to grace ...
— Helen Redeemed and Other Poems • Maurice Hewlett


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