humblehood

English

Alternative forms

• humble-hood

Etymology

From Middle English *humblehod, humblehede, equivalent to humble +‎ -hood.

Noun

humblehood (uncountable)

1. (rare) The quality, state, or condition of being humble; humility
   • 1982, Lynn Hall, Half the Battle:

     A little shot of humblehood was just what Blair needed.

   • 1986, Jonathan Kozol, Illiterate America:

     We might take the risk of shedding some of our protective humblehood in order to suggest one possible answer.

   • 1990, Jonathan Kozol, The Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home, page 130:

     Thus, in Fake Humblehood, these men discover their true shelter: "Ethics exist, but not within the world in which I dwell. […] "

   • 2012, Jon Davis, Excruciating Bliss:

     She rejoiced in my "humble-hood" and "bohemia," attempting to flatter me and convince me that my lifestyle was, in a way, simple and therefore desirable.

Synonyms

• humbleness