morigerous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /mɔˈrɪdʒərəs/ UK /mɒˈrɪdʒərəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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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... obedient compliant submissive deferential obsequious

Opposites

defiant disobedient rebellious

Word family

Derived forms morigerously

Etymology

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

mōrigerus Latin mōs Latin gerere Latin

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