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humblehood

noun

Etymology

From Middle English *humblehod, humblehede, equivalent to humble + -hood.

  1. inherited from *humblehod✻

Definitions

  1. The quality, state, or condition of being humble

    The quality, state, or condition of being humble; humility

    • A little shot of humblehood was just what Blair needed.
    • We might take the risk of shedding some of our protective humblehood in order to suggest one possible answer.
    • Thus, in Fake Humblehood, these men discover their true shelter: "Ethics exist, but not within the world in which I dwell. […]"

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