ignoble

[ ig-noh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.

  2. of low grade or quality; inferior.

  1. not noble; of humble descent or rank.

  2. Falconry. noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.

Origin of ignoble

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin ignōbilis unknown, inglorious, equivalent to in-in-3 + OL gnōbilis (Latin nōbilis) noble

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Other words from ignoble

  • ig·no·bil·i·ty, ig·no·ble·ness, noun
  • ig·no·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for ignoble

ignoble

/ (ɪɡˈnəʊbəl) /


adjective
  1. dishonourable; base; despicable

  2. of low birth or origins; humble; common

  1. of low quality; inferior

  2. falconry

    • designating short-winged hawks that capture their quarry by swiftness and adroitness of flight: Compare noble (def. 7)

    • designating quarry which is inferior or unworthy of pursuit by a particular species of hawk or falcon

Origin of ignoble

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C16: from Latin ignōbilis, from in- 1 + Old Latin gnōbilis noble

Derived forms of ignoble

  • ignobility or ignobleness, noun
  • ignobly, adverb

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