单词 | humble-spirited |
释义 | > as lemmashumble-spirited Parasynthetic, as humble-hearted, humble-minded, humble-mouthed, humble-spirited, humble-visaged adjs.; whence humble-mindedness, etc.; quasi-adverbial in humble-acting adj. ΚΠ 1573 New Custome i. ii. sig. B.jv The humble spirted is termed a foole, or a lowte. 1580 T. Pounde in H. Foley Jesuits in Conflict (1873) 109 That might soe be amonge the humble-minded. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V4 Humble-hartednesse and harty earnestnes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 34 Like humble visage Suters. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 105 Y'are meek, & humble -mouth'd. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 442. ⁋3 Whether the Ambitious or Humble-minded. 1738 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XII. 34 A serious humble-acting Christian. 1893 Athenæum 24 June 790/2 His truthfulness was not less conspicuous than the humblemindedness of which it was the parent. 1905 W. James in McClure's Mag. May 4/1 It must be confessed that T. D. never was exactly humble-minded. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) Matt. xi. 29 Bend your necks to my yoke, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-hearted. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Pet. iii. 8 Be full of brotherly affection, kindly and humble-minded. < as lemmas |
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