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humblenesse

humblenesse is the obsolete spelling of humbleness.

Meaning of humbleness

Noun

humbleness (usually uncountable, plural humblenesses)

  1. (usually) Modesty, humility; the property of being humble.
    • That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Origin of humblenesse

From humble + -nesse.

Questions about humblenesse

What is humblenesse the obsolete spelling of?
Humblenesse is the obsolete spelling of humbleness.

Words near humblenesse in the dictionary

  1. humbledst
  2. humblehearted
  3. humbleheartedness
  4. humblehood
  5. humbleness
  6. humblenesse
  7. humblenesses
  8. humbler
  9. humblers
  10. humbles
  11. Humbleses

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