humble
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adjective (humbler, humblest)
1. having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance:
〈人･考えなどが〉謙遜した, 偉ぶらない, つつましい
e.g. he was humble about his stature as one of rock history's most influential guitarists.
(of an action or thought) offered with or affected by a modest estimate of one's own importance:
e.g. my humble apologies.
2. of low social, administrative, or political rank:
〖通例名詞の前で〗低い, 卑しい〈身分･地位など〉
e.g. she came from a humble, unprivileged background.
3. (of a thing) of modest pretensions or dimensions:
〖名詞の前で〗ごく普通の, 質素な〈場所･物事など〉
e.g. he built the business empire from humble beginnings.
verb with object
lower (someone) in dignity or importance:
｟かたく｠ ; 〖通例be ～d/～ oneself〗 謙虚になる, 謙遜する
e.g. I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help.
decisively defeat (another team or competitor, typically one that was previously thought to be superior):
〖通例be ～d〗 〈強者が〉簡単に負けてしまう
e.g. he was humbled by his political opponents.
PHRASES
eat humble pie
make a humble apology and accept humiliation:
e.g. he will have to eat humble pie at training after being sent off for punching.
humble pie is from a pun based on umbles ‘offal’, considered inferior food.
your humble servant
archaic or humorous used at the end of a letter or as a form of ironic courtesy:
e.g. your most humble servant, George Porter.
my humble abode
used to refer to one's home with an ironic or humorous show of modesty or humility.
DERIVATIVES
humbleness |ˈhəmb(ə)lnəs| noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin humilis ‘low, lowly’, from humus ‘ground’.