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    [Adjective]  | "hum*ble" | \ ˈhəm-bəl \


    1: not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive

    2: reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission

    3: ranking low in a hierarchy or scale : insignificant, unpretentious


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin humilis low, humble, from humus earth; akin to Greek chthōn earth, chamai on the ground;

    [Noun]  | "humbleness" 


    1: the absence of any feelings of being better than others;


      * e.g., " ... in a display of true humbleness he gave much of the credit for his discovery to others "





    [Adjective]  | "humble" 


    1: not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness;


      * e.g., " ... a medical scientist who remained remarkably humble even after winning the Nobel Prize "





    2: belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank;


      * e.g., " ... a humble peasant girl who claimed she was chosen by God to restore the French king to his throne "





    3: showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness;


      * e.g., " ... please accept my humble thanks for this unexpected favor "



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     [ "be humble" ]

    1: Sit down

      * e.g.,  ... Be humble! 

     [ "a humble" ]

    1: A charge given by a police officer, not meant to stick but to give a corner boy or known criminal a hard time. Or humble/ quiet thier wrong doings.

      * e.g.,  ... Eg. Q: ay i heard the jump outs rolled up on u yesterday? 

     [ "To Humble" ]

    1: (verb) To explain a simple fact, in even simpler terms, to a really thick person. This is often to degrade a person and to boost your social status by making you seem more clever than the idiot you just humbled.

      * e.g.,  ... I just humbled you in this definition. But since you are thick, I am going to humble you again and give you a simpler definition. Guy 1: What's this random paper we got ages ago? 


     [ "To Humble" ]

    2: A posh way of "telling someone" i.e. "he got humbled" posh version of "he got told."

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 2: Let me humble you. That paper is our task for the exam that we will be sitting later today. The fact that you don't even know what the paper is about, proves you are going to inevitably fail this test. 

     [ "Humble" ]

    1: to be kind and honest, showing equality to others

      * e.g.,  ... B1zzle is the most humble being on the planet. 

     [ "Humble" ]

    1: An admirable quality that not many people possess. It means that a person may have accomplished alot, or be alot but doesn't feel it is necessary to advertise or brag about it. Someone unlike James Boslooper

      * e.g.,  ... James Boslooper is not a humble person 

     [ "humble" ]

    1:  An admirable quality that not many people possess. It means that a person may have accomplished alot, or be alot but doesn't feel it is necessary to advertise or brag about it.

      * e.g.,  ...  I envy humble people. If I told a humble person what I thought about people with humility, they'd probably not even recognize themselves as humble and ask why I'm calling them that. Too bad I don't know any humble people. 


     [ "humble" ]

    2:  To degrade, to cut one's ego down to size. It is not necessarily done in a rude fashion but it SHOULD BE.

      * e.g.,  ...  "DAMMIT, her bragging is getting on my NERVES! Someone REALLY needs to humble that asshat!!" 

     [ "Humbled" ]

    1: The best possible reaction to any event, particularly an award or accolade of any kind.

      * e.g.,  ... - You've just won the Nobel Peace Prize for basically not being George Bush. How do you feel? - Humbled. I feel humbled. - Oh, OK. You seem like a good guy. 

     [ "on the humble" ]

    1: Being on the low; unassuming; with humility; just cool

      * e.g.,  ... I came to her house on the humble. 

     [ "humbility" ]

    1: the act of being humble while having a sense of humility.

      * e.g.,  ... I kept a state of humbility, while I spoke with the president. 

     [ "Humble" ]

    1: Not being arrogant. May have accomplished alot or is the absolute best, but never brags about it even though they may have great pride in that accomplishment.

      * e.g.,  ... Uri Boyka is the most complete fighter in the world, but after he got beat one time, he was still the best but he was humble. 

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