humilitude

== English == === Noun === humilitude (countable and uncountable, plural humilitudes) (rare, obsolete) Humility. c. 1586, Sir Henry Sydney, "A Letter from Sir Henry Sydney to his Son Sir Philip Sydney" (reprinted in The Orthodox Churchman's Magazine, 1805, vol. 9, p. 361): [S]hew much humility, and some familiarity. . . . for high humilitudes take such deep root in the minds of the multitude (who are more easily won by unprofitable courtesies, than curious benefits) that I advise thee not to affect nor neglect popularities. === Further reading === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “humilitude”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.