† humilhumileadj.
Obsolete. Chiefly Scottish.
a. Humble.
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the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective]
heanc825
daftc1000
edmedec1000
edmodc1000
edmodeda1175
sheepishc1175
deftc1220
edmodi?c1225
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humblec1250
beienlichc1275
buxoma1300
meekc1325
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contemptiblec1384
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humil1488
low-down1548
unproud1570
demiss1572
unpuffed1577
afflicted1590
unselfdelicious1605
cottagely1653
unselfvaluing1668
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stateless1844
maiden-meek1847
vanityless1854
patronizable1884
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 1 September, the humyll moneth suette, Quhen passyt by the hycht was off the hette.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 267 I schryve me cleyne, with humile spreit and meik.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 24 He that hes perfit lwiff in hime [God] he is humil, and redy to serwe euerie man.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth x. sig. A.iv Andrew Borde..doth surrender humyle commendacyon.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 96 Humill men sall inhereit the eird.
b. Of a plant: Of lowly growth.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > low-growing
humil1567
base1578
humble1658
grovelling1750
underling1830
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 32 The Balme tree..his lowe and humile kinde of growth.
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