human
ADJECTIVE:
1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people:
human frailty.
2. consisting of people:
the human race.
3. of or relating to the social aspect of people:
human affairs.
4. sympathetic; humane:
a warmly human understanding.
5. of, characterizing, or relating to man and mankind:
human nature.
6. consisting of people:
the human race; a human chain.
7. having the attributes of man as opposed to animals, divine beings, or machines:
human failings.
8. kind or considerate.
9. natural.
10. a member of the species Homo sapiens; a human being.
11. a member of any of the extinct species of the genus Homo, such as Homo erectus or Homo habilis, that are considered ancestral or closely related to modern humans.
12. of, relating to, or characteristic of humans:
the human brain; human voices; problems that have occurred throughout human history.
13. consisting of humans:
everyone held hands and made a human chain.
14. having human form or attributes:
the statue is more human than the beings at his feet. —Clifton Fadiman.
15. representative of or susceptible to the sympathies and frailties of human nature:
human kindness; a human weakness; such an inconsistency is very human. —P. E. More.
Origin:
1350–1400; earlier humain(e), humayn(e), Middle English < Middle French humain < Latin hūmānus, akin to homō human being (cf. Homo); spelling human predominant from early 18th cent. Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin hūmānus; related to Latin homō man. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Adjective: 15th century. Noun: 1509. History and Etymology: Adjective and Noun: Middle English humain, from Anglo-French, from Latin humanus; akin to Latin homo human being — more at homage. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people:
human frailty.
2. consisting of people:
the human race.
3. of or relating to the social aspect of people:
human affairs.
4. sympathetic; humane:
a warmly human understanding.
5. of, characterizing, or relating to man and mankind:
human nature.
6. consisting of people:
the human race; a human chain.
7. having the attributes of man as opposed to animals, divine beings, or machines:
human failings.
8. kind or considerate.
9. natural.
10. a member of the species Homo sapiens; a human being.
11. a member of any of the extinct species of the genus Homo, such as Homo erectus or Homo habilis, that are considered ancestral or closely related to modern humans.
12. of, relating to, or characteristic of humans:
the human brain; human voices; problems that have occurred throughout human history.
13. consisting of humans:
everyone held hands and made a human chain.
14. having human form or attributes:
the statue is more human than the beings at his feet. —Clifton Fadiman.
15. representative of or susceptible to the sympathies and frailties of human nature:
human kindness; a human weakness; such an inconsistency is very human. —P. E. More.
Origin:
1350–1400; earlier humain(e), humayn(e), Middle English < Middle French humain < Latin hūmānus, akin to homō human being (cf. Homo); spelling human predominant from early 18th cent. Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin hūmānus; related to Latin homō man. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Adjective: 15th century. Noun: 1509. History and Etymology: Adjective and Noun: Middle English humain, from Anglo-French, from Latin humanus; akin to Latin homo human being — more at homage. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.