Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A lowly state.
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- noun The state of being
lowly ;meekness ;humility .
Etymologies
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From lowly + -hood. Compare lowlihead.
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Examples
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“I wish I could reproduce a good impression of 'John' for you, to give you the notion of his 'perfect gentleness and lowlihood.'
The Life of John Ruskin Collingwood, W G 1911
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"I wish I could reproduce a good impression of 'John' for you, to give you the notion of his 'perfect gentleness and lowlihood.'
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