demiss

C2+ Topic:Describing People

US /dɪˈmɪs/ UK /dɪˈmɪs/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like dimmish /s/ vs /ʃ/

Meanings

1

adj
humble or submissive; downcast (archaic)

With demiss eyes the servant awaited his orders.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · humble or submissive;... humble submissive meek downcast lowly abject

Opposites

proud haughty arrogant

Word family

Derived forms demisslydemissness

Related forms demission demit dismiss

Etymology

From Latin demissus ('lowered, humble'), past participle of demittere ('to send down, lower'), from de- ('down') plus mittere ('to send').

demissus Latin mittere Latin

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Topics

Describing People Register & Style

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# demiss

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈmɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈmɪs/

## Meanings
1. humble or submissive; downcast (archaic)

## Examples
- With demiss eyes the servant awaited his orders.

## Synonyms
- humble
- submissive
- meek
- downcast
- lowly
- abject

## Antonyms
- proud
- haughty
- arrogant

## Derived Forms
- demissly
- demissness

## Related Forms
- demission
- demit
- dismiss

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: demissus
- Root: mittere

## Etymology
From Latin demissus ('lowered, humble'), past participle of demittere ('to send down, lower'), from de- ('down') plus mittere ('to send').

## AI Etymology
Demiss is from Latin demissus ('lowered, humble'), past participle of demittere ('to send down, lower'), from de- ('down') plus mittere ('to send'). The ancestry passes through Latin demissus and Latin mittere. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as an adjective, it means "humble or submissive; downcast (archaic)", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include demission, demit, and dismiss; derived forms include demissly and demissness.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Register & Style

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