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Vinony

ignoble

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ / /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/

adj

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

  1. Not noble; plebeian; common.

    “I was not ignoble of descent.”

  2. Not honorable; base.

    “A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.”

    “far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife”

  3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
  4. Of an element, dangerously reactive.

verb

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

  1. To make ignoble; to bring low.