Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demiss

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-miss
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Humble, lowly; abject.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Oh that I had whole westerne windes of breath, My voice and tongue should not bee so remisse: My notes should not bee so rare and demisse:"
"1660, Samuel Clarke, The Lives of Two and Twenty English Divines, London: Thomas Underhill and John Rothwell, “The Life and Death of Master William Bradshaw,” pp. 45-46, […] Master Bradshaw was not a man of much out side, nor forward to put out himself, of a very bashfull and demiss, but not fawning deportment […]"

Etymology

From Latin dēmissus, past participle of dēmittō (“demit”).

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more demiss (comparative) most demiss (superlative) demisse (alternative)

Derived Forms

demissive demissly demissness

Questions

What does demiss mean?: Humble, lowly; abject.
Where does demiss come from?: From Latin dēmissus, past participle of dēmittō (“demit”).

How to pronounce demiss

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “demiss”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “demiss”.
Repeat and practice — Say “demiss” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.