Tamest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. {Tamer}; superl. {Tamest}.] [AS. tam;
     akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel.
     tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
     and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. {Adamant}, {Diamond},
     {Dame}, {Daunt}, {Indomitable}.]
     1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;


        accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
        deer, a tame bird.
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     2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
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              Tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --Roscommon.
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     3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
        insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
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     Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See {Gentle}.
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