ignoble
(adjective) completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; “something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude”; “I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part”- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
ignoble, ungentle, untitled
(adjective) not of the nobility; “of ignoble (or ungentle) birth”; “untitled civilians”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ignoble (comparative ignobler, )
Not noble; plebeian; common.
Not honorable; base.
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
• (common): common, plebeian, vulgar
• (not honorable): degenerate, mean, base, vile, low-minded, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful
• (common): noble
• (not honorable): noble, honorable
• Gobelin, gobline, inglobe
Source: Wiktionary
Ig*no"ble, a. Etym: [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble. See In- not, and Noble, a.]
1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. I was not ignoble of descent. Shak. Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. Shak.
2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. 'T but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. Shak. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
Syn.
– Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.
Ig*no"ble, v. t.
Definition: To make ignoble. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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