Meanings
adjectivehumiliant (comparative more humiliant, superlative most humiliant)
comparative more humiliant · superlative most humiliant
- humiliating; humbling
But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed By my percipiency of sin and fall In melancholy of humiliant thoughts.
1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile
Origin
- Latinhumilians
- Englishhumiliant
From Latin humilians, present participle of humiliare.
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humiliant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humiliant
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