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Subject: Re: Meaning of my name
Author: Elizabeth   (guest, 70.232.71.58)
Date: February 12, 2006 at 9:09:31 PM
Reply to: Meaning of my name by Damian
tame Pronunciation Key
adj. tam·er, tam·est

1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: “The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame” (Peter Matthiessen).
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame Christmas party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.
this is what it means from the online dictionary

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