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handtame

adj

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”).

  1. inherited from *handutam✻
  2. inherited from handtam — “tame enough to be handled”
  3. inherited from handtame

Definitions

  1. Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand

    Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; (by extension) mild; meek; humble; docile

    • 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.
    • This is a really popular image with British photographers when photographing Atlantic puffins, which can be hand-tame — indeed, I have had puffins playfully tugging at my laces while sitting on a cliff top!
    • Tamir was all her joy. She had him hand-tame, spoiled him most tenderly.

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

    • Even children can handtame wild birds, if they follow Al Martin's simple directions.
    • So now that you've decided to handtame your canary, just where do you start?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA