humility
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of humility
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
“She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.”
“By the end of the tenth century, Edith's humility had inspired a cult of holy wells in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire.”
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Etymology
From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”). Equivalent to humble + -ity, with /mb/ reduced to /m/ (compare plumbing). Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Doublet of omertà.
Words you can make from humility
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