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Vinony

noble

adjective

  1. having honorable qualities
  2. grand, stately
  3. of exalted or aristocratic rank; distinguished by birth, station or title
  4. member of the nobility
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noun

  1. member of the nobility
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊbəl/ / /ˈnoʊbəl/ / /ˈnobɨl/

adj

Etymology: 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.

  1. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

    “He made a noble effort.”

    “He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.”

  2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.

    “a noble edifice”

    “He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.”

  3. Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.

    “noble blood; a noble personage”

  4. Of an element, unreactive.
  5. Belonging to a class of grape cultivars traditionally considered most favorable for winemaking, usually encompassing the six: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling.
  6. Both isohedral and isogonal.

name

Etymology: From noble.

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.
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noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.

    “This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.”

  2. A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.

    “I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.”

    “And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.”