"handtame" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more handtame [comparative], most handtame [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to hand + tame. Cognate with Dutch handtam (“handtame”), German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), German handzahm (“handtame”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|handtame}} Middle English handtame, {{inh|en|ang|handtam|t=tame enough to be handled}} Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*handutam}} Proto-West Germanic *handutam, {{com|en|hand|tame}} hand + tame, {{cog|nl|handtam|t=handtame}} Dutch handtam (“handtame”), {{cog|nds-de|handtamm|t=handtame}} German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), {{cog|de|handzahm|t=handtame}} German handzahm (“handtame”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} handtame (comparative more handtame, superlative most handtame)
  1. Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; (by extension) mild; meek; humble; docile Derived forms: hand-tameness Translations (tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; mild; meek; humble; docile): handzahm (German)
    Sense id: en-handtame-en-adj-c-HXHZ72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand-tame

Verb [English]

Forms: handtames [present, singular, third-person], handtaming [participle, present], handtamed [participle, past], handtamed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to hand + tame. Cognate with Dutch handtam (“handtame”), German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), German handzahm (“handtame”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|handtame}} Middle English handtame, {{inh|en|ang|handtam|t=tame enough to be handled}} Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*handutam}} Proto-West Germanic *handutam, {{com|en|hand|tame}} hand + tame, {{cog|nl|handtam|t=handtame}} Dutch handtam (“handtame”), {{cog|nds-de|handtamm|t=handtame}} German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), {{cog|de|handzahm|t=handtame}} German handzahm (“handtame”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} handtame (third-person singular simple present handtames, present participle handtaming, simple past and past participle handtamed)
  1. To cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled Translations (to cause to become accustomed to being handled): handzahm machen (German)
    Sense id: en-handtame-en-verb-OajoCXJr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand-tame

Inflected forms

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