单词 | lowliness |
释义 | lowlinessn. 1. Meekness, humility; an instance of this.Now chiefly in religious contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] edmodnessc888 edmedec1000 dafteliȝkc1175 edmodleȝcc1175 meeklaikc1175 meeknessc1175 meekshipc1225 lowshipc1230 humilityc1315 meekheadc1325 lowness1340 povertyc1350 humblessec1374 umblete1377 humbleness1388 humbletec1400 lowlinessa1413 humilness1423 lowliheada1450 self-contempt1563 humilitudea1586 demissness1603 lowlihood1818 a1413 Prince Henry Let. in W. J. Hardy Handwriting Kings & Queens Eng. (1893) 19 Alle the lowlinesse that any subgit kan thenkke or devise. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 1855 Lat fayle no curtasy And lowlynesse bothe to smalle and grete. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (new ed.) iv. 20 Than were endued Her crystall eyes full of lowlenes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xvi. A Lowlynes goeth before honoure. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 2 Newe mynt my minde to the likenes of thy lowlines. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 22 'Tis a common proofe, That Lowlynesse is young Ambitions Ladder. View more context for this quotation 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio 166 O pious lowlinesse! See where he stands To be Baptiz'd by John's lesse worthy Hands. 1708 J. Boyse Serm. Var. Subj. I. 12 Those who most resembled such a little Babe in lowliness of Mind, and alienation from all worldly Pride, shou'd be greatest in his Kingdom. 1765 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) ix. 145 By so travelling I might..set an example of lowliness before the eyes of their masters. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xii. v, in Maud & Other Poems 42 O Maud were sure of Heaven If lowliness could save her. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel v. 283 Greatness in lowliness. 1922 D. J. Kavanagh Holy Family Sisters of San Francisco iii. i. 212 He had, it is true, a wonderful lowliness of spirit like St. Francis and, though not austere in his poverty, he was acquainted with its effects. 2007 R. H. Dilday Higher Ground v. 73 The moment we imitate Jesus, let his lowliness of mind be our example, in that moment, ironically, we're actually climbing to the higher ground of Christlike humility. 2. Low rank, condition, or worth; abjectness; insignificance; poverty. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 134 [Mary] considerit hire gret laulines and humilite, [and] the gret dignite of the Lord. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 10 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) They say that they continued in that lowlinesse, untill the time that the division between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke arose. 1602 tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido i. ii. sig. B4 O no, I know too well, The lowlinesse of my poore humble starre, My desteny's to burne! 1684 P. Ker Flosculum Poeticum 7 Thy Maker (Mask'd with Mortal dress,) Vail'd his bright light, in humaine lowliness. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 39 An account of the lowliness of our own origin, if it cannot amuse, will at least serve to humble us. 1834 Christian's Penny Mag. 6 Dec. 389/2 When the Redeemer urged on the poorest of his hearers the conviction, that the Ruler of the universe cared for him in his lowliness and wretchedness, he was reaping a harvest of glory to God. 1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter vii. 353 Sympathy..made the Messiah like unto common men in their lowliness. 1975 ELH 42 239 His [sc. Wordsworth's] daring monumentalization of lowliness in the poem Peter Bell. 2011 G. Manuwald Rom. Republican Theatre iii. 157 The comic forms are distinguished from the serious ones by the lowliness of the protagonists and the private subject matter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1413 |
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