Definitions
evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
Word origin
From Middle English meek, meke, meoc, probably a borrowing from Old Norse mjúkr (“soft; meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, *mūkaz (“soft; supple”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”); compare Old English smēag (“subtle, stealthy, etc.”) and smūgan.
Used in a sentence
“Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth.”
“Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else...”
“What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Quietly submissive”4 letters
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