† morigerousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mōrigerus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin mōrigerus compliant, obliging ( < mōr- , mōs custom (see moral adj.) + -gerus (see -gerous comb. form), after mōrem gerere to humour or comply with the wishes of a person) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier morigerate adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mori·dʒĕrəs) /mɒˈrɪdʒərəs/.

Obsolete.

Obedient, compliant, submissive. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient

hearsumc900

buxomc1175

obedient?c1225

yherec1315

obeisantc1325

obeyant1417

obeishinga1425

obeyand?a1425

obeisand?c1450

morigeratea1533

morigerousc1600

parent1656

biddable1826

c1600 Timon (1980) iii. v. 49 Timon thou hast a wife morigerous Shee is the onely comfort of my age.

1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 3 Fire, aire, water, earth, all most morigerous; the winds and the seas obey him.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. lxv Let us..be morigerous to the Magistrate.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Morigerous, obedient, dutiful, complaisant.

1814 J. Berington Lit. Hist. Middle Ages (1846) v. 260 He had early acquired the character of a morigerous and well disciplined monk.

Derivatives

morigerousness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > to superiors

morigeration1605

morigerousness1681

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. lxxvii All Decency and Order and Morigerousness to the Magistrate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	morigerous
释义	† morigerousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mōrigerus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin mōrigerus compliant, obliging ( < mōr- , mōs custom (see moral adj.) + -gerus (see -gerous comb. form), after mōrem gerere to humour or comply with the wishes of a person) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier morigerate adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mori·dʒĕrəs) /mɒˈrɪdʒərəs/. Obsolete. Obedient, compliant, submissive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient hearsumc900 buxomc1175 obedient?c1225 yherec1315 obeisantc1325 obeyant1417 obeishinga1425 obeyand?a1425 obeisand?c1450 morigeratea1533 morigerousc1600 parent1656 biddable1826 c1600 Timon (1980) iii. v. 49 Timon thou hast a wife morigerous Shee is the onely comfort of my age. 1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 3 Fire, aire, water, earth, all most morigerous; the winds and the seas obey him. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. lxv Let us..be morigerous to the Magistrate. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Morigerous, obedient, dutiful, complaisant. 1814 J. Berington Lit. Hist. Middle Ages (1846) v. 260 He had early acquired the character of a morigerous and well disciplined monk. Derivatives morigerousness n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > to superiors morigeration1605 morigerousness1681 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. lxxvii All Decency and Order and Morigerousness to the Magistrate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.c1600
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