humility

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior. uncountable,usually
    — You can tell his humility is real by how he treats ordinary people.

词形变化

humilities plural

词源

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.
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