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Humanʹities or Humanity Studies

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Grammar, rhetoric, and poetry, with Greek and Latin (literæ humaniores); in contradistinction to divinity (literæ divinæ).

“The humanities … is used to designate those studies which are considered the most specially adapted for training … true humanity in every man.”—Trench: On the Study of Words, Lecture iii. p. 69.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hulking
Hull
Hull Cheese
Hullabaloo
Hulsean Lectures
Hum and Haw (To)
Huma (The)
Human Race (h soft)
Human Sacrifice
Humanitarians
Humanities or Humanity Studies
Humber
Humble Bee
Humble Cow (A)
Humble Pie
Humbug
Hume (David)
Humming Ale
Hummums (in Covent Garden)
Humour
Humpback (The)