单词 | humilific |
释义 | humilificadj.n. Now rare or ? Obsolete. Humiliating, self-depreciating, that humiliates or tends to humble; also as n., a humble expression. (Opposed to honorific.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > humble expression in Japanese humilific1892 the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [adjective] self-abasing1642 disqualifying1723 humilific1892 the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > other specific types of phrase et cetera1600 chreia1612 inn-phrase1631 hob-nob1761 phraseograph1847 snapper1857 humilific1892 frame1943 1892 Spectator 13 Feb. 244/1 Among the Chinese and Japanese..merely honorific and humilific expressions. 1904 V. V. Banford in J. E. Hand Ideals of Sci. & Faith 120 The distinction between honorific and humilific occupations. 1905 D. B. W. Sladen Playing the Game i. vii That conversation.., so full of the ‘unfortunate mistake’ vein, so burdened down with Japanese ‘humilifics’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1892 |
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