Adjective.
Pronunciation
and accent: rɪmɪs.
Etymology: from Latin remissus, preterit participle of remittere (= send back, relax; remit), which is analysed into re- (= back, again) + mittere (= to send).
It is dated from
the beginning of 1400.
1. (Of a person): literally: who remits from his labour. Hence, slack in
doing something
Antonyms: strict, brisk, punctilious, scrupulous, exact, prompt
Synonyms: careless,
negligent, heedless, thoughtless, dilatory.
Translation: remiso, in Spanish; negligente, in Italian; négligent, in French.
-) With the preposition in, followed either by a
gerund, or by a noun:
Did she care less for her father -her own father- because she was so
fond of Mr. Lance? Was she at all remiss in her memory of that dear
parent because the presence of this dearly-loved friend made her so happy?
Rosa Carey… Only the governess
Among
this busy throng moved Dame Lovell, now [… stirring] a pot, and now peeping
into a pan, boxing the ears of any maiden who appeared remiss in her duty, and generally keeping up a strict and
active supervision.
Emily Holt… Mistress Margery
He
was exceedingly remiss in keeping his secrets to
himself.
Robert Kerr… Voyages and Travels…
So remiss did they become in their attentions that we
could no longer rely upon their bringing us the daily supply of food, which all
of them had faithfully promised.
Herman Melville… Omoo
Our friend Wilson
hinted to me the last time I saw him, that I had of late been remiss in my visits to you -it may be
so, though upon my word I am not conscious of it.
The Private correspondence of David Garrick
I will be less remiss
in
my accounts.
Fanny Burney… Letters..
-) Rarely, with the preposition about, followed by a gerund:
A__ has invited one or two other very young officers, but I do not know
yet whether they will come or not. Those "boys" are very remiss about answering invitations; sometimes I do not know whether one of them
means to accept an invitation or not, till he makes his appearance at the time
appointed, bowing and smiling…
Julia Maitland… Letters from Madras
I
acknowledge that I have been very very remiss
about writing.
Frances Brooke… Manners
2. (Of a conduct, action, etc.): manifesting remissness; characterized by carelessness, negligence,
inattention or laxity.
Synonyms: neglectful,
inattentive.
My
dear Duchess,—It is very remiss in me not to have sooner
answered your letter with the enclosure, but I received it at a moment of great
grief, and since then I have been much occupied.
The Letters of Queen Victoria
She
is the loveliest woman in London, he says—and was greatly surprised that she
had not been pointed out to me in the Park. Now really, Uncle Oliver, this is
very remiss in you—you who are so clever in showing me
famous people when we are driving in the Park."
Elizabeth Braddon… Mount Royal
English words
derived from REMISS: remissful,
remissly, remissness.
Other
English words derived from, or compounded with one of the radicals of, the
Latin mittere: admit, admittable, admittance, admitted, admittedly, admitter,
admitting, unadmitted, admissibility, admissible, admissibleness, admissibly,
admission, admissive, admissory, amissible, amissibility, commit, commitment, committable,
commitible, committal, committed, committednes, committee, committeeship,
committer, committing, commissarial, commissariat, commissary, commissaryship,
commission (noun, verb), commissional, commissioned, commissioner,
commissionership, commissionize, commissionless, commissive, commissively,
demise (noun, verb), demisable, dismiss, dismissed, dismissing, dismissal,
dismissible, dismissing, dismissingly, dismission, dismissive, dismissively,
dismissory, demit, demiss, demission, demissionary, demissionize, emit,
emitted, emitter, emitting, emissary, emissarychip, emissile, emission,
emissive, emissivity, emissary, immision, intermit, intermitted, intermittedly,
intermittence, intermittency, intermittent, intermittently, intermitter,
intermitting, intermittingly, intermission, intermissive, unintermission,
unintermitted, unintermittedly, unintermittent, unintermittently,
unintermitting, unintermittingness, unintermittingly, intromit, intromittent,
intromitter, manumit, manumitted, manumitting, manumitter, manumission,
manumissive, intromissible, intromissibility, intromission, intromissive,
unmanumitted, mess (noun, verb), message (noun, verb), messaging, messageless,
messagerie, messagery, messenger (noun, verb), messengership, transmit, transmitted,
transmitting, transmittable, transmittal, transmittance, transmittancy,
transmittant, transmitter, transmissibility, transmissible, transmission,
transmissional, transmissionist, transmissive, transmissively,
transmissiveness, transmissivity, transmissory, untransmissible, untransmitted,
mise, missile, missilery, mission (noun, verb), missive, missioned, missionee,
missioner, mittimus, omit, omitted, omitting, omitter, omissible, omissibility,
omission, omissive, permit (noun, verb), permitted, permittedly, permittee,
permitter, permitting, permittivity, permissible, permissibility,
permisibleness, permissibly, permission, permissioned, permissive,
permissively, permissiveness, permissivism, permissivist, permissory, premise
(noun, verb), premisal, premised, premisory, pretermit, pretermitting,
pretermitter, pretermittently, pretermitted, promise (noun, verb), promised,
promisee, promissee, promiseful, promiseless, promiser, promising, promisingly,
promisingness, promissive, promissorily, promissory, surmise, unpromise,
unpromised, unpromising, unpromisingness, unpromisingly, remit (noun, verb),
remitted, remitless, remitment, remittable, remittal, remittance, remittancer,
remittee, remittence, remittency, remittent, remitter, remitting, remise,
remissful, remissibility, remissible, remissibleness, remission, remissive,
remissly, remissness, submit, submittable, submittal, submitted, submitter,
submitting, submittingly, unadmitted.
