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ignoble

adj

/ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/UK/ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/US

Etymology

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

derived from ignōbilis
borrowed from ignoble

Definitions

1
Not noble
Not noble; plebeian; common.
- I was not ignoble of descent.
2
Not honorable
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
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
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1. Of an element, dangerously reactive.
2. To make ignoble
  To make ignoble; to bring low.

The neighborhood

synonymcommon
synonymplebeian
synonymvulgar
antonymnobleantonym(s) of “common”
antonymhonorableantonym(s) of “not honorable”

Derived

ignobility, ignobleness, ignobly

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA