inglorious

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/ / /ɪnˈɡloʊɹi.əs/

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

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.”
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.”