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1.
ē̆d-mẹ̄de
adj.
Additional spellings:
edmede
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Humble.
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ē̆d-mọ̄d
adj.
Additional spellings:
edmod
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Humble, free from pride, meek, submissive, ?compliant; as
noun
, the humble; (b) gracious, kindly; (c) ingenuous, without dissimulation, guileless.
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