# meek

Pronunciation: say "MEEK" US /mik/, UK /miːk/

## Adjective

1. Quiet, gentle, and humble in manner, tending to accept what others say or do without protest or resistance.
   - Simple: Quiet and gentle, and ready to do what others want without arguing or standing up for yourself.
   - _He was too meek to complain when the waiter brought him the wrong meal, so he quietly ate it._
   - _Months in the camp had left the prisoners meek, shuffling forward whenever a guard barked an order._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A family name.
- (verb) To tame an animal, or to break a horse, training it to accept a saddle and rider.
- (proper noun) A small settlement without its own town government in Holt County, Nebraska.

## Origin

From Middle English meek (also meke, meoc), of unknown origin. It is likely related to Old English smēag ("subtle, stealthy") and smūgan, and possibly borrowed from Old Norse mjúkr ("soft; meek"), which goes back through Proto-Germanic *meukaz ("soft; supple") to Proto-Indo-European *mewg- ("slick, slippery; to slip"). Related words include Swedish mjuk ("soft"), Danish myg ("supple"), and Dutch muik ("soft, overripe").

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