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lowlihead

lowlihead noun: the state of being lowly; meekness; humility.

Noun

lowlihead (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
    • The stately flower of female fortitude, Of perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead.1888, Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Early poems
    • But through a perfect gentleness, instead. For from the lamp of her meek lowlihead Such an exceeding glory went up hence [...]2001, Dante Alighieri, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, La Vita Nuova

Origin of lowlihead

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

Questions about lowlihead

What does lowlihead mean?
Lowlihead means the state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
What part of speech is lowlihead?
Lowlihead is a noun.

Words near lowlihead in the dictionary

  1. lowlifes
  2. lowlight
  3. lowlighted
  4. lowlighting
  5. lowlights
  6. lowlihead
  7. lowlihood
  8. lowlily
  9. lowline
  10. lowlines
  11. lowliness

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