handtame

== English == === Alternative forms === hand-tame === 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”). === Adjective === handtame (comparative more handtame, superlative most handtame) Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; (by extension) mild; meek; humble; docile 2003, From The Heart of a Bird - Page 50: I badly wanted a little more time to work on training them, but simply couldn't find it — so while they grew up friendly and confident, you couldn't exactly called them handtame. ==== Derived terms ==== hand-tameness ==== Translations ==== === Verb === handtame (third-person singular simple present handtames, present participle handtaming, simple past and past participle handtamed) To cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled 2003, Brats in Feathers, Keeping Canaries - Page 49: So now that you've decided to handtame your canary, just where do you start? ==== Translations ====