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Kia ora all, Is the word 'Humile' an acceptable ensemble of letters?
e.g. He has a rather humile nature about him
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FWIW, I've never heard it nor seen it till now. Not that I remember, anyway. Sounds like it means slightly moist, in a dirty (literally, composed of dirt) way. BTW, it's not in the AHD4.
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obs.To humble, to humiliate. [ad L. humiliare to humble] (last cited from 16c; as usual for this period, spelling varies: -yle, -yll, -ill) [OED2]
edit: not given as an adj.
Last edited by tsuwm; 08/20/07 02:24 PM.
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> moist
ah, the word of the hour...
formerly known as etaoin...
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> moist
ah, the word of the hour... Yup.
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