IGNOBLE

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

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Etymology

Adjective

ignoble (comparative ignobler, )

Not noble; plebeian; common.

Not honorable; base.

Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

Synonyms

• (common): common, plebeian, vulgar

• (not honorable): degenerate, mean, base, vile, low-minded, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful

Antonyms

• (common): noble

• (not honorable): noble, honorable

Anagrams

• Gobelin, gobline, inglobe

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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