submissness

English

Etymology

From submiss +‎ -ness.

Noun

submissness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) submissiveness
   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 104:

     or that the ſubmiſſneſs of our asking ſtirr'd up in him a certain pleaſure of denying.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Butler to this entry?)

References

• “submissness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.