humiliant

English

Etymology

Latin humilians, present participle of humiliare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hjuːˈmɪliənt/

Adjective

humiliant (comparative more humiliant, superlative most humiliant)

1. humiliating; humbling
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:

     But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed
     By my percipiency of sin and fall
     In melancholy of humiliant thoughts.

References

• “humiliant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Verb

humiliant

1. gerund of humiliar

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /y.mi.ljɑ̃/

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Participle

humiliant

1. present participle of humilier

Adjective

humiliant (feminine humiliante, masculine plural humiliants, feminine plural humiliantes)

1. humiliating

   Near-synonym: avilissant

Further reading

• “humiliant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

humiliant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of humiliō