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单词 morigerous
释义 morigerous, a.|mɒˈrɪdʒərəs|
[f. L. mōriger-us (f. mōr-, mōs custom, humour + ger-ĕre to bear, carry; after the phr. morem gerere to humour or comply with the wishes of a person) + -ous.]
Obedient, compliant, submissive. Const. to.
c1600Timon iii. v. (Shaks. Soc.) 53 Timon, thou hast a wife morigerous Shee is the onely comfort of my age.1637Bastwick Litany i. 3 Fire, aire, water, earth, all most morigerous; the winds and the seas obey him.1681H. More Exp. Dan. Pref. 65 Let us..be morigerous to the Magistrate.1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Morigerous, obedient, dutiful, complaisant.1814Berington Lit. Hist. Mid. Ages v. (1846) 260 He had early acquired the character of a morigerous and well disciplined monk.
Hence moˈrigerousness.
1681H. More Exp. Dan. Pref. 77 All Decency and Order and Morigerousness to the Magistrate.
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