humility
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- //hjuːˈmɪlɪti//
The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
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The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
You can tell his humility is real by how he treats ordinary people.
She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.
By the end of the tenth century, Edith's humility had inspired a cult of holy wells in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire.
Étymologie
From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”). Equivalent to humble + -ity, with /mb/ reduced to /m/ (compare plumbing). Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Doublet of omertà.
Formes
- pluriel
- humilities
humility · The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
humming · Making a hum sound.humour · The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.hump · A mound of earth.