/ teɪm; NAmE / adjective , verb
■ adjective ( tamer , tam·est )
1.
( of animals, birds, etc. ) not afraid of people, and used to living with them
OPP wild
2.
( informal ) not interesting or exciting :
You'll find life here pretty tame after New York.
3.
( informal ) ( of a person ) willing to do what other people ask :
I have a tame doctor who'll always give me a sick note when I want a day off.
► tame·ly adverb
► tame·ness noun [ U ]
■ verb
[ vn ] to make sth tame or easy to control :
Lions can never be completely tamed.
She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English tam (adjective), temmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tam and German zahm , from an Indo-European root shared by Latin domare and Greek daman tame, subdue.