Word of the Day: MORIGEROUS

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin morigerus (compliant, obliging), (from mor-mos [custom, humour] + gerere [to bear, carry]; after the phrase morem gerere [to humour or comply with the wishes of a person]) + -ous

EXAMPLE
“… Call. What pleases Timon, cannot mee displease.

Phil. Timon, thou hast a wife morigerous
Shee is the onely comfort of my age.
…”

From: The Life of Timon of Athens
Generally attributed to William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton, c1600

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