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tame

  • adjective
  • tām

Under human control.

Other meanings

  1. Docile or tranquil towards humans.

    “The lion was quite tame.”

  2. Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme.

Word history

From Old English "tam".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tame” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.