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ignoble

ig·noble

UK/ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ US/ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/ rare

adjective

1.

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
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2.

not of the nobility

  • “of ignoble (or ungentle) birth”
  • “untitled civilians”
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Origin

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

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