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ignoble

[ ig-noh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base:

    his ignoble purposes.

    Synonyms: , , ,

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  2. of low grade or quality; inferior.

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  3. not noble; of humble descent or rank.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. Falconry. noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.


ignoble

/ 瑟伞藞苍蓹蕣产蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. dishonourable; base; despicable
  2. of low birth or origins; humble; common
  3. of low quality; inferior
  4. falconry
    1. designating short-winged hawks that capture their quarry by swiftness and adroitness of flight Compare noble
    2. designating quarry which is inferior or unworthy of pursuit by a particular species of hawk or falcon
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈驳藞苍辞产濒测, adverb
  • 藢颈驳苍辞藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈驳顎卬辞路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 颈驳路苍辞顎僢濒别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 颈驳路苍辞顎僢濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ignoble1

1400鈥50; late Middle English < Latin 颈驳苍艒产颈濒颈蝉 unknown, inglorious, equivalent to in- in- 3 + OL 驳苍艒产颈濒颈蝉 ( Latin 苍艒产颈濒颈蝉 ) noble
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ignoble1

C16: from Latin 颈驳苍艒产颈濒颈蝉, from in- 1+ Old Latin 驳苍艒产颈濒颈蝉 noble
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Example Sentences

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Until the events of 鈥淭hrough the Valley,鈥 the second 鈥淭he Last of Us鈥 episode of Season 2, the Stark paterfamilias' ignoble demise was the most agonizing turn of all.

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Former President Trump鈥檚 conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first.

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Simple, ignoble, under-appreciated green cabbage: It has got to be one of the most unpretentious and humblest in all of the Cruciferae family, if not among the entire vegetable kingdom.

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In 鈥淢onolith,鈥 a single-setting thriller from the Australian director Matt Vesely, a recently disgraced investigative journalist attempts to salvage her career by accepting an ignoble and humiliating task: starting a podcast.

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Poverty, crime and an ignoble moniker 鈥 鈥淪cary Gary鈥 鈥 deter private investors and prospective homeowners.

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