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单词 lowliness
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lowlinessn.

Brit. /ˈləʊlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈloʊlinᵻs/
Forms: late Middle English louelynesse, late Middle English loulynes, late Middle English loulynesse, late Middle English louylynys, late Middle English 1600s lowlynesse, late Middle English–1600s lowlinesse, late Middle English–1600s lowlynes, 1500s lowelines, 1500s lowlenes, 1500s–1600s lovvlinesse, 1500s–1600s lowlines, 1600s lovvliness, 1600s lowlyness, 1600s– lowliness; also Scottish pre-1700 laulines, pre-1700 lawlines, pre-1700 lawlynas, pre-1700 lawlynes.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lowly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < lowly adj. + -ness suffix. Compare lowlihead n. and earlier lowness n.
1. Meekness, humility; an instance of this.Now chiefly in religious contexts.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [noun]
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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.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]
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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).
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