humble

Meanings

Adjective

Verb

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
  • To hum.
  • Alternative of hummel.

Noun

  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
  • Alternative of hummel.

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Origin

  • From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis ("low, slight, hence mean, humble") (compare Greek χαμαλός), from humus, humi. See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd.
  • The verb is from Middle English humblen.
  • From Middle English *humblen, *humbelen (suggested by humblynge), frequentative of Middle English hummen, equivalent to hum + -le.

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