LOWLINESS

humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness

(noun) the state of being humble and unimportant

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lowliness (countable and uncountable, plural lowlinesses)

The property of being lowly.

Source: Wiktionary


Low"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Lowly.]

1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind. Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. Eph. iv. 1, 2.

2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life. The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

16 November 2024

LEAVE

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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