Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humblesse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hum-b-lesse
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Humility, humbleness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"when to her they came, / Themselues to ground with gratious humblesse bent, / And her ador'd by honorable name […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: humblesse

Usage

Questions

What does humblesse mean?: Humility, humbleness.
Where does humblesse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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