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Definition of Tameness
1. Noun. The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated.
Generic synonyms: Dullness
Derivative terms: Jejune, Jejune, Jejune, Tame, Vapid, Vapid
2. Noun. The attribute of having been domesticated.
Generic synonyms: Flexibility, Tractability, Tractableness
Attributes: Tame, Tamed
Derivative terms: Tame, Tame
Antonyms: Wildness
Definition of Tameness
1. n. The quality or state of being tame.
Definition of Tameness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being tame. ¹
2. Noun. (countable rare) The result or product of being tame. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tameness
1. the state of being tame [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tameness
Literary usage of Tameness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... type of organisation—Differences in the species or races on different
islands—tameness of the birds—Fear of man an acquired instinct. September \$th. ..."
2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... type of organisation—Differences in the species or races on different
islands—tameness of the birds—Fear of man an acquired instinct. September i$th. ..."
3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Shells, Insects— Botany—American Type of Organization — Differences in the
Species or Races on different Islands—tameness of the Birds— Fear of Man, ..."
4. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... of Organization — Differences in the Species or Races on different Islands—tameness
of the Birds— Fear of Man, an acquired Instinct. ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... Shells, Insects — Botany—American Type of Organization—Differences in the
Species or Races on different Islands—tameness of the Birds— Fear of Man, ..."
6. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"... CHAPTER XXXI tameness OF ANIMALS AMONG THE CHANNEL ISLANDS THE feature which
will really amaze the wanderer among the Channel Islands is the tameness of ..."
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