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The mean man boweth down, and the great man
humbleth himself.

2. Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base;
destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.

Can you imagine I so mean could prove,

To save my life by changing of my love ?

3. Of little value or account; worthy of
little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

The Roman legions and great Cæsar found

Our fathers no mean foes.

4. Of poor quality; as, mean
fare.

5. Penurious; stingy; close-fisted;
illiberal; as, mean hospitality.

&fist; Mean is sometimes used in the formation of
compounds, the sense of which is obvious without explanation; as,
meanborn, mean-looking, etc.

Syn. -- Base; ignoble; abject; beggarly; wretched;
degraded; degenerate; vulgar; vile; servile; menial; spiritless;
groveling; slavish; dishonorable; disgraceful; shameful; despicable;
contemptible; paltry; sordid.


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