lambishadj.
/ˈlamɪʃ/ rare.
Lamb-like, meek as a lamb.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adjective]
stillc825
tamec888
mildeOE
lithea1000
daftc1000
meekc1325
lambishc1374
meeklyc1375
benign1377
temperatec1380
quieta1382
gall-lessa1398
mansuetea1425
meeta1425
unwrathful1542
rageless1578
lamb-like?1592
mildya1603
milky1602
pigeon-livered1604
placid1614
spleenless?1615
passive1616
unprovokable1646
milken1648
uncaptious1661
stomachless1727
unindignant1789
pianoa1817
ireless1829
unquarrelsome1830
quiet-goinga1835
uncholeric1834
unoffendable1839
baby-milda1845
quiet-tempered1846
turtlish1855
pathic1857
c1374 G. Chaucer Former Age 50 The lambisshe pepyl voyd of all vice, Hadden noo fantasye to debate.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxii. ii He had also a lambish patience To here all pleyntes mekely with sobernes.
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