different between numbles vs humbles
numbles
English
Alternative forms
- nombles
Etymology
From Middle French nombles (“loin of meat”), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old French and Anglo-Norman lumbles (“loins”), from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus (“loin”).
Noun
numbles pl (plural only)
- (archaic) The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food.
- 1940, TH White, The Ill-Made Knight:
- In the kitchens the famous cooks were preparing menus which included, for one course alone: ballock broth, caudle ferry, lampreys en gelatine, oysters in civey, eels in sorré, baked trout, brawn in mustard, numbles of a hart, pigs farsed [...].
- 1940, TH White, The Ill-Made Knight:
Derived terms
- umbles
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humbles
English
Etymology 1
See humble
Verb
humbles
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humble
Noun
humbles
- plural of humble
Etymology 2
From numbles
Alternative forms
- umbles
Noun
humbles pl (plural only)
- (archaic) Entrails of a deer.
Derived terms
- humble pie
References
- humbles in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Adjective
humbles
- plural of humble
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