Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humiliant

/hjuːˈmɪliənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hu-miliant
IPA: /hjuːˈmɪliənt/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

humiliating; humbling

Example Sentences

"But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed By my percipiency of sin and fall In melancholy of humiliant thoughts."

Etymology

From Latin humilians, present participle of humiliare.

Inflected Forms

more humiliant (comparative) most humiliant (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce humiliant?: The recorded pronunciation is /hjuːˈmɪliənt/.
What does humiliant mean?: humiliating; humbling
Where does humiliant come from?: From Latin humilians, present participle of humiliare.

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