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ignoble
(encz) | ignoble,nepoctivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ignoble
(encz) | ignoble,plebejsky Zdeněk Brož |
ignoble
(encz) | ignoble,potupný adj: Tolda |
Ignoble
(gcide) | Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, a. [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis
noble: cf. F. ignoble. See In- not, and Noble, a.]
1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious;
plebeian; common; humble.
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I was not ignoble of descent. --Shak.
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Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak.
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2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
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'T is but a base, ignoble mind,
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --Shak.
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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
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3. (Zool.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain
hawks, as the goshawk.
Syn: Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable;
reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous;
infamous.
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Ignoble
(gcide) | Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, v. t.
To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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ignoble
(wn) | ignoble
adj 1: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or
purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his
attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals
should escape than that the government should play an
ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. [ant: noble]
2: not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth";
"untitled civilians" [syn: ignoble, ungentle, untitled] |
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ignoble
(encz) | ignoble,nepoctivý adj: Zdeněk Brožignoble,plebejsky Zdeněk Brožignoble,potupný adj: Tolda |
ignobleness
(encz) | ignobleness,nečestnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ignobleness
(gcide) | Ignobleness \Ig*no"ble*ness\, n.
State or quality of being ignoble.
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ignoble
(wn) | ignoble
adj 1: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or
purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his
attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals
should escape than that the government should play an
ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. [ant: noble]
2: not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth";
"untitled civilians" [syn: ignoble, ungentle, untitled] |
ignobleness
(wn) | ignobleness
n 1: the quality of being ignoble [syn: ignobleness,
ignobility] |
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