Umbles

Alternative forms

• humbles

Origin

Variant of numbles.

Full definition of umbles

Noun

1. (archaic) Animal entrails, especially of a deer.
• 1955, Robert Graves, The Greek Myths:When Thetis deserted Peleus, he took the child to Cheiron the Centaur, who reared him on Mount Pelion, feeding him on the umbles of lions and wild boars, and the marrow of bears, to give him courage ....

Derived terms

• humble pie

Anagrams

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