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humblesse

humblesse noun: humility, humbleness.

Noun

humblesse (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Humility, humbleness.
    • when to her they came, / Themselues to ground with gratious humblesse bent, / And her ador'd by honorable name […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of humblesse

From Middle English humblesse, from Old French humblesse, from humble.

Questions about humblesse

What does humblesse mean?
Humblesse means humility, humbleness.
What part of speech is humblesse?
Humblesse is a noun.

Words near humblesse in the dictionary

  1. humbler
  2. humblers
  3. humbles
  4. Humbleses
  5. humblesome
  6. humblesse
  7. humblest
  8. humbleth
  9. humblie
  10. humblified
  11. humblifies

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