ignoble

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Pronunciation

/ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ (UK)

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/ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ (UK) · /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/

Definition of ignoble

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

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adj

Not noble; plebeian; common.

“I was not ignoble of descent.”
Not honorable; base.

“A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.”
“far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife”
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
Of an element, dangerously reactive.

verb

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Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

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