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	{
		"meta": {
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			"sort": "080302000",
			"src": "collegiate",
			"section": "alpha",
			"stems": [
				"humble",
				"humbleness",
				"humblenesses",
				"humbler",
				"humblest",
				"humbly",
				"hummel"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hom": 1,
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "hum*ble",
			"prs": [
				{
					"mw": "ˈhəm-bəl",
					"sound": {
						"audio": "humble01",
						"ref": "c",
						"stat": "1"
					}
				},
				{
					"l": "also chiefly Southern",
					"mw": "ˈəm-"
				}
			]
		},
		"fl": "adjective",
		"ins": [
			{
				"if": "hum*bler",
				"prs": [
					{
						"mw": "ˈhəm-b(ə-)lər",
						"sound": {
							"audio": "humble02",
							"ref": "c",
							"stat": "1"
						}
					}
				]
			},
			{
				"if": "hum*blest",
				"prs": [
					{
						"mw": "ˈhəm-b(ə-)ləst",
						"sound": {
							"audio": "humble03",
							"ref": "c",
							"stat": "1"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		],
		"def": [
			{
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "1",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}not proud or {d_link|haughty|haughty} {bc}not {d_link|arrogant|arrogant} or assertive"
									]
								]
							}
						]
					],
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "2",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of {d_link|deference|deference} or submission "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "a {wi}humble{\/wi} apology"
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					],
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "3 a",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}ranking low in a {d_link|hierarchy|hierarchy} or scale {bc}{sx|insignificant||}, {sx|unpretentious||}"
									]
								]
							}
						],
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "b",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}not costly or {d_link|luxurious|luxurious} "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "a {wi}humble{\/wi} contraption"
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"uros": [
			{
				"ure": "hum*ble*ness",
				"prs": [
					{
						"mw": "ˈhəm-bəl-nəs",
						"sound": {
							"audio": "humble04",
							"ref": "c",
							"stat": "1"
						}
					}
				],
				"fl": "noun"
			},
			{
				"ure": "hum*bly",
				"prs": [
					{
						"mw": "ˈhəm-blē",
						"sound": {
							"audio": "humble05",
							"ref": "c",
							"stat": "1"
						}
					}
				],
				"fl": "adverb"
			}
		],
		"quotes": [
			{
				"t": "{qword}Humble{\/qword} though it may be, and about as glamorous as a galosh, it is a fish that has shaped the political and social history of Europe like no other, with the possible exception of cod.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "R. W. Apple, Jr.",
					"source": "{it}New York Times{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "30 Oct. 2002"
				}
			},
			{
				"t": "Women are the organizing soft-centered socialists, the nice people, the sugar-and-spice lot, identifying with the poor and {qword}humble{\/qword}; men are snips and snails and puppy-dog tails, and rampant, selfish, greedy capitalists.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Fay Weldon",
					"source": "{it}Harper's{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "May 1998"
				}
			},
			{
				"t": "She would not come closer to me, as much as I thought she wished to, hungering not for anything like love but for plain, {qword}humble{\/qword} succor.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Chang-rae Lee",
					"source": "{it}A Gesture Life{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "1999"
				}
			}
		],
		"et": [
			[
				"text",
				"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin {it}humilis{\/it} low, humble, from {it}humus{\/it} earth; akin to Greek {it}chthōn{\/it} earth, {it}chamai{\/it} on the ground"
			]
		],
		"date": "13th century{ds||1||}",
		"shortdef": [
			"not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive",
			"reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission",
			"ranking low in a hierarchy or scale : insignificant, unpretentious"
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "humble:2",
			"uuid": "7ffb010d-e0b1-40ae-a4c6-e63f3ccfbe85",
			"sort": "080302100",
			"src": "collegiate",
			"section": "alpha",
			"stems": [
				"humble",
				"humbled",
				"humbler",
				"humblers",
				"humbles",
				"humbling",
				"humblingly",
				"hummel"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hom": 2,
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "hum*ble",
			"prs": [
				{
					"mw": "ˈhəm-bəl",
					"sound": {
						"audio": "humble01",
						"ref": "c",
						"stat": "1"
					}
				},
				{
					"l": "also chiefly Southern",
					"mw": "ˈəm-"
				}
			]
		},
		"fl": "verb",
		"ins": [
			{
				"if": "hum*bled"
			},
			{
				"if": "hum*bling",
				"prs": [
					{
						"mw": "ˈhəm-b(ə-)liŋ",
						"sound": {
							"audio": "humble06",
							"ref": "c",
							"stat": "1"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		],
		"def": [
			{
				"vd": "transitive verb",
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "1",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}to make (someone) humble {dx_def}see {dxt|humble:1||}{\/dx_def} in spirit or manner"
									]
								]
							}
						]
					],
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "2",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}to destroy the power, independence, or {d_link|prestige|prestige} of"
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"uros": [
			{
				"ure": "hum*bler",
				"prs": [
					{
						"mw": "ˈhəm-b(ə-)lər",
						"sound": {
							"audio": "humble07",
							"ref": "c",
							"stat": "1"
						}
					}
				],
				"fl": "noun"
			},
			{
				"ure": "hum*bling*ly",
				"prs": [
					{
						"mw": "ˈhəm-b(ə-)liŋ-lē",
						"sound": {
							"audio": "humble08",
							"ref": "c",
							"stat": "1"
						}
					}
				],
				"fl": "adverb"
			}
		],
		"quotes": [
			{
				"t": "It frightened and {qword}humbled{\/qword} him but also made him feel darkly charmed.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Don DeLillo",
					"source": "{it}Mao II{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "1991"
				}
			},
			{
				"t": "… audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men {qword}humbled{\/qword}, they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Elaine Showalter",
					"source": "{it}Civilization{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "April\/May 1999"
				}
			},
			{
				"t": "Cuba's reliance on tourism is a somewhat {qword}humbling{\/qword} turn for the revolution, which has long prided itself on producing topflight doctors and teachers—not concierges.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Tim Padgett",
					"source": "{it}Time{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "22 Dec. 2003"
				}
			}
		],
		"et": [
			[
				"text",
				"{dx_ety}see {dxt|humble:1||}{\/dx_ety}"
			]
		],
		"date": "14th century{ds||1||}",
		"shortdef": [
			"to make (someone) humble in spirit or manner",
			"to destroy the power, independence, or prestige of"
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "humble-bee",
			"uuid": "5e10558c-87f7-47cd-a865-dc4590561b1b",
			"sort": "080302200",
			"src": "collegiate",
			"section": "alpha",
			"stems": [
				"humble-bee",
				"humble-bees"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "hum*ble-bee",
			"prs": [
				{
					"mw": "ˈhəm-bəl-ˌbē",
					"sound": {
						"audio": "humble09",
						"ref": "c",
						"stat": "1"
					}
				}
			]
		},
		"fl": "noun",
		"def": [
			{
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}{sx|bumblebee||}"
									]
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							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"et": [
			[
				"text",
				"Middle English {it}humbylbee{\/it}, from {it}humbyl-{\/it} (akin to Middle Dutch {it}hommel{\/it} bumblebee) + {it}bee{\/it} {ma}{mat|hum|}{\/ma}"
			]
		],
		"date": "15th century",
		"shortdef": [
			"bumblebee"
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "humble pie",
			"uuid": "a63dae7d-30be-410f-8ea8-87a69048bd3b",
			"sort": "080302300",
			"src": "collegiate",
			"section": "alpha",
			"stems": [
				"humble pie",
				"humble pies"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "humble pie"
		},
		"fl": "noun",
		"def": [
			{
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}a figurative serving of humiliation usually in the form of a forced submission, apology, or retraction "
									],
									[
										"uns",
										[
											[
												[
													"text",
													"often used in the phrase {it}eat humble pie{\/it}"
												]
											]
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"date": "1830",
		"shortdef": [
			"a figurative serving of humiliation usually in the form of a forced submission, apology, or retraction —often used in the phrase eat humble pie"
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "humble oneself",
			"uuid": "4b6901ee-0864-48ec-aa5b-392a6faee426",
			"sort": "3009038000",
			"src": "ld",
			"section": "idioms",
			"stems": [
				"humble oneself"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "humble oneself"
		},
		"fl": "idiom",
		"def": [
			{
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}to do or say something which shows that one knows one has been wrong, has behaved with too much pride, etc. "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "He needs to {it}humble himself{\/it} and ask for their forgiveness."
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"shortdef": [
			"to do or say something which shows that one knows one has been wrong, has behaved with too much pride, etc."
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "eat humble pie",
			"uuid": "801e10ff-be50-469b-8f58-6b96aac60744",
			"sort": "3005345000",
			"src": "ld",
			"section": "idioms",
			"stems": [
				"eat humble pie"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "eat humble pie"
		},
		"fl": "idiom",
		"def": [
			{
				"sls": [
					"informal"
				],
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}to admit that one was wrong or accept that one has been defeated "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "They had to {it}eat humble pie{\/it} when the rumors they were spreading were proved false."
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"shortdef": [
			"to admit that one was wrong or accept that one has been defeated"
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "from humble origins",
			"uuid": "7c3d5023-ff07-4fd2-8668-6a7cc55bbb42",
			"sort": "3006633000",
			"src": "ld",
			"section": "idioms",
			"stems": [
				"from humble origins"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "from humble origins"
		},
		"fl": "idiom",
		"def": [
			{
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}from a family that did not have high social status or much money "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "He comes {it}from humble origins{\/it}."
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"shortdef": [
			"from a family that did not have high social status or much money"
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "of humble origin(s)",
			"uuid": "2564de96-5932-4400-86f6-e41381029ade",
			"sort": "3013246000",
			"src": "ld",
			"section": "idioms",
			"stems": [
				"of humble origin",
				"of humble origin(s)",
				"of humble origins"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "of humble origin(s)"
		},
		"fl": "idiom",
		"def": [
			{
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}from a family that did not have high social status or much money "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "A man {it}of humble origin(s){\/it}."
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"shortdef": [
			"from a family that did not have high social status or much money"
		]
	},
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "humblebrag",
			"uuid": "0281e559-9ede-4ee9-93e1-76a6cfac2198",
			"sort": "080302250",
			"src": "collegiate",
			"section": "alpha",
			"stems": [
				"humble-brag",
				"humble-bragged",
				"humble-bragging",
				"humble-brags",
				"humblebrag",
				"humblebragged",
				"humblebragging",
				"humblebrags"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "hum*ble*brag",
			"prs": [
				{
					"mw": "ˈhəm-bəl-ˌbrag",
					"sound": {
						"audio": "humblebrag_1",
						"ref": "owl",
						"stat": "1"
					}
				}
			]
		},
		"vrs": [
			{
				"vl": "or",
				"va": "hum*ble-brag"
			}
		],
		"fl": "verb",
		"ins": [
			{
				"if": "hum*ble*bragged"
			},
			{
				"il": "or",
				"if": "hum*ble-bragged"
			},
			{
				"if": "hum*ble*brag*ging"
			},
			{
				"il": "or",
				"if": "hum*ble-brag*ging"
			}
		],
		"def": [
			{
				"vd": "transitive + intransitive",
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}to make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference that is meant to draw attention to one's admirable or impressive qualities or achievements "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "People make themselves look smart, {wi}humble-bragging{\/wi} about reading what's billed as one of the 20th century's most difficult books.",
												"aq": {
													"auth": "Mark Chiusano"
												}
											},
											{
												"t": "In the study, college students were asked to write down how they'd answer a question about their biggest weakness in a job interview. Results showed that more than three-quarters of participants {wi}humblebragged{\/wi}, usually about being a perfectionist or working too hard.",
												"aq": {
													"auth": "Shana Leibowitz"
												}
											},
											{
												"t": "Beyond the angel's wings, there was preening and posing and fake modesty, perhaps best represented when he {wi}humblebragged{\/wi} to the audience that his \"One Less Lonely Girl\" choice had \"come all the way from Sweden just to see me.\"",
												"aq": {
													"auth": "Ben Fisher"
												}
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"uros": [
			{
				"ure": "humblebrag",
				"vrs": [
					{
						"vl": "or",
						"va": "humble-brag"
					}
				],
				"fl": "noun",
				"utxt": [
					[
						"vis",
						[
							{
								"t": "At times, the book comes off like a long, rolling {wi}humblebrag{\/wi}. Many sections begin with variations on \"When I was 29 years old and running for Congress … \" or \"When I chaired the U.S. Ballistics Missile Threat Commission … .\"",
								"aq": {
									"auth": "Adam Sternbergh"
								}
							},
							{
								"t": "Comedian and podcast host Marc Maron has so perfected the art of the {wi}humblebrag{\/wi}, even his TV alter ego jokes about how young his girlfriend is.",
								"aq": {
									"auth": "Ray Rahman"
								}
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"date": "2002",
		"shortdef": [
			"to make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference that is meant to draw attention to one's admirable or impressive qualities or achievements"
		]
	}
]