Sub‐miss″ (?), a. [L. submissus, p. p. of submittere to let down, to lower. See Submit.] 1. Submissive; humble; obsequious. “Soft Silence and submiss Obedience.” Spenser. “Stooping and submiss.” R. L. Stevenson.
2. Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices.