demissness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English demiss Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English demissness From demiss + -ness.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) The state or quality of being demiss; humility, submissiveness.
Therefore name they it sacred and divine, and it concerns not them whether the violence of tyrants, or the demissnesse [tr. lascheté] of the people be against them.
, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.186