Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.]

[AS. tam; akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,

1. Cf. Adamant, Diamond, Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.]

1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird. [1913 Webster]

2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. [1913 Webster]

Tame slaves of the laborious plow. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]

3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.]

[AS. tam; akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,

1. Cf. Adamant, Diamond, Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.]

1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.

2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.

Tame slaves of the laborious plow. --Roscommon.

3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.

Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)