noble
adjective
- “a baronial mansion”
- “an imposing residence”
- “a noble tree”
- “severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses”
- “stately columns”
of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
- “of noble birth”
having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
- “a noble spirit”
- “noble deeds”
inert especially toward oxygen
- “a noble gas such as helium or neon”
- “noble metals include gold and silver and platinum”
noun
Origin
From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”). False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele.
Phrases
- noble art
- noble birth
- noble chafer
- noble eightfold path
- noble experiment
- noble fir
- noble gas
- noble hops
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