Some powers diuine, or els infernall, mixt / Their angry ſeedes at his conception: / For he was neuer ſprong ofhumaine race, / Since with the ſpirit of his fearefull pride, / He dares so doubtleſly reſolue of rule.
1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, inThe Gentlemans Calling, London:[…] T[imothy] Garthwait[…],→OCLC,page83:
[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator ofhumane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
Like mosthuman activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
She was like a BeardsleySalome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible withhuman symmetry.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern ofhuman weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
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Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infecthumans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
2013 April 18,Rock Paper Cynic (webcomic):
If I ever have to choose between a future where killer robots hunthumans or a future where bacon supplies have run out ... Let's just say you better start running.
Greetings. I am Blor-Utar from Zimtok-5. I have come to subjugate thehuman race. Do not resist. Whyhumans? Because, in addition to their value as slave labor, they are also delicious and nutritious!
(fantasy,science fiction)A term of address for any human, often implying the listener's species is their only noteworthy trait.
2011 December 29, Alex Culang, Raynato Castro,Buttersafe[1] (webcomic):
Greetings,human! You have stumbled into the dimension of the Snow People.[…]Flesh plows clear the streets to make them safe to drive.[…]Does this shock you,human? Do the ways of our world open your eyes to the truths of your own?
1911,Ambrose Bierce, “Music”, inThe collected works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 9,page362:
[…] he sought to charm a single pair of ears, and those more hairy than critical. Later, as the race went onhumaning, there grew complexity of sentiment and varying emotional needs,[…]
↑1.01.1“human” in Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary,, K Dictionaries Ltd.;Random House, Inc., 2010; reproduced onTheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 2 Dated or archaic. 3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
