humblehood
English
Alternative forms
- humble-hood
Etymology
From Middle English *humblehod, humblehede, equivalent to humble + -hood.
Noun
humblehood (uncountable)
- (rare) The quality, state, or condition of being humble; humility
- 1982, Lynn Hall, Half the Battle:
- A little shot of humblehood was just what Blair needed.
- 1986, Jonathan Kozol, Illiterate America:
- We might take the risk of shedding some of our protective humblehood in order to suggest one possible answer.
- 1990, Jonathan Kozol, The Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home, page 130:
- Thus, in Fake Humblehood, these men discover their true shelter: "Ethics exist, but not within the world in which I dwell. […] "
- 2012, Jon Davis, Excruciating Bliss:
- She rejoiced in my "humble-hood" and "bohemia," attempting to flatter me and convince me that my lifestyle was, in a way, simple and therefore desirable.
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Synonyms
- humbleness