humility

CEFRC1

/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of not thinking you are better than others.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

Examples

  • They are proud in humility; proud that they are not proud.

  • Too much humility is pride.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

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In context

  • You can tell his humility is real by how he treats ordinary people.

  • By the end of the tenth century, Edith's humility had inspired a cult of holy wells in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire.

  • She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.

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Origin

noun

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.