Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Humbleness; humility; low obeisance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance.
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- noun obsolete
Humility ,humbleness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thurgh thyn humblesse, the goost that in thalighte,
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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And with faire fearefull humblesse towards him shee came.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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Her humblesse low, humblesse > humbleness, humility
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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Myld humblesse mixt with awfull maiesty, for looking on the earth whence she was borne: her minde remembreth her mortalitie, what so is fayrest shall to earth returne.
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But if in presence of that fayrest proud thou chance to come, fall lowly at her feet: and with meeke humblesse and afflicted mood, pardon for thee, and grace for me intreat.
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9 And with fair fearful humblesse towards him she came. humblesse > humility, humbleness
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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