資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meek \Meek\, a. [Compar. {Meeker}; superl. {Meekest}.] [OE. mek,
   meoc; akin to Icel. mj?kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D.
   muik, Goth. mukam?dei gentleness.]
   1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient
      under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful;
      forbearing; submissive.

            Not the man Moses was very meek.      --Num. xii. 3.

   2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by
      mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.
      ``Her meek prayer.'' --Chaucer.

   Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming;
        humble. See {Gentle}.