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human

adj
/ˈhjuː.mən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human From Late Middle English humaigne, humayne, humain, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, umain (“of or belonging to man”, adjective), from Latin hūmānus m (“of man, human”, adjective); see there for further details. Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century. Compare, and possibly related to man.

  1. derived from hūmānus
  2. derived from humain
  3. derived from humain
  4. inherited from humaigne

Definitions

  1. Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

    • Some powers diuine, or els infernall, mixt / Their angry ſeedes at his conception: / For he was neuer ſprong of humaine race, / Since with the ſpirit of his fearefull pride, / He dares so doubtleſly reſolue of rule.
    • [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.

  2. Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

    • To err is human; to forgive, divine.
    • She's only human, so give her a break!
    • She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

  3. Compassionate.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair

      A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).

      • Humans share common ancestors with other apes.
      • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
      • If I ever have to choose between a future where killer robots hunt humans or a future where bacon supplies have run out ... Let's just say you better start running.

    2. Any hominid of the genus Homo.

    3. To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.

      • […] he sought to charm a single pair of ears, and those more hairy than critical. Later, as the race went on humaning, there grew complexity of sentiment and varying emotional needs, […]
      • There are, then, many ways of humaning: these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.

    4. A surname.

    5. The language supposedly spoken by humans

      • Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other.
      • Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme.

    6. Alternative letter-case form of human used in works that capitalize the names of all…

      Alternative letter-case form of human used in works that capitalize the names of all sentient species

      • In some instances, Humans have also been called "Earth creatures" and "Earthlings" and a Human male called "Earthman."
      • Raise an army and seek out the mightiest heroes from the four races of Origin Star – The Humans, Izans, Aokus, Theias, and unite them all to annihilate the Invaders of your home planet.
      • These bipedal mammalians have developed a society that encourages and even thrives on individual freedoms and cultural differences - as a result, Humans tend to integrate well with alien populations.

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Derived

abhuman, ahuman, antehuman, antihuman, anti-human, chuman, countryhuman, demihuman, economic human, European early modern human, extrahuman, half-human, HIV, hooman, hope springs eternal in the human breast, HOV, huboon, hucow, hufu, human African trypanosomiasis, humanation, human bean, human behavior, human being, human betaherpesvirus 5, human billboard, human biodiversity, human blockhead, human body, human botfly, humanburger, human burrito, human calculator, human cannonball, human capital, humancentric, human chain, human chattel, human cheese, human chorionic gonadotropin · +137 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at human. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01human02homo03homosexual04sex05sexuality06sexual07sexed08libido09mental10individual

A definitional loop anchored at human. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at human

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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