US /mɔˈrɪdʒərəs/ UK /mɒˈrɪdʒərəs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    obedient; compliant or submissive

    The morigerous clerk never once questioned his employer's orders.

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Synonyms
1 adj · obedient; compliant or... obedientcompliantsubmissivedeferentialobsequious
Word family
Derived forms morigerously

Etymology

From Latin mōrigerus ('compliant, obedient'), from mōs ('custom, will') + gerere ('to bear, carry, manage').

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