different between humility vs lowlihead

English

Etymology

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.; see humble. Doublet of omerta. Displaced native Old English ?aþm?dnes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hju??m?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

humility (countable and uncountable, plural humilities)

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

Usage notes

• Commonly used to mean “modesty, lack of pride” (with respect to one’s achievements), and in formal religious contexts to refer to a transcendent egolessness.

Synonyms

• egolessness, humilitude, meekness, modesty, self-effacement

Antonyms

• pride

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Translations

Further reading

• humility at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English lowlyhede, equivalent to lowly +? -head.

Noun

lowlihead (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
   • 1888, Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Early poems:

     The stately flower of female fortitude, Of perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead.

   • 2001, Dante Alighieri, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, La Vita Nuova:

     But through a perfect gentleness, instead. For from the lamp of her meek lowlihead Such an exceeding glory went up hence [...]

Related terms

• lowlihood