Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
IGNOMINY
shame, disgrace, ignominy
(noun) a state of dishonor; “one mistake brought shame to all his family”; “suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ignominy (countable and uncountable, plural ignominies)
Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
Source: Wiktionary
Ig"no*min*y, n.; pl. Ignominies. Etym: [L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See In- not, and Name.]
1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.
2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
Syn.
– Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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