handtame

Meanings

Adjective

Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; mild; meek; humble; docile

Verb

To cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled

Origin

From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam, from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to . Cognate with Dutch handtam, German Low German handtamm, German handzahm.

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