inglorious

adj
/ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/

Etymology

From Latin inglōriōsus. By surface analysis, in- + glorious.

  1. borrowed from inglōriōsus

Definitions

  1. Ignominious

    Ignominious; disgraceful.

    • Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?
    • Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East, as affording scope for his spirit of enterprise.
    • [H]e cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious.
  2. Not famous

    Not famous; obscure.

    • Great Julius [Caesar], whom now all the world admires / The more he grew in years, the more inflam’d / With glory, wept that he had liv’d ſo long / Inglorious: but thou yet art not too late.

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