INDIGN

Etymology

Adjective

indign (comparative more indign, superlative most indign)

(archaic) Unworthy, undeserving.

(obsolete) disgraceful

(obsolete) unbecoming

Anagrams

• dining, niding

Source: Wiktionary


In*dign", a. Etym: [L. indignus; pref. in- not + dignus worthy: cf. F. indigne. See Dignity.]

Definition: Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading. Chaucer. Counts it scorn to draw Comfort indign from any meaner thing. Trench.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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