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ignoble

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchignoble, fromLatinignōbilis, fromin-(“not”) +gnōbilis, laternōbilis(“noble”).

Pronunciation

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(UK)IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
(General American)IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-əʊbəl

Adjective

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ignoble (comparativeignobler,superlativeignoblest)

Notnoble;plebeian;common.
- c.1591–1592 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
  I was notignoble of descent.
Nothonorable;base.
- 1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i]:
  A base,ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
- 1750 June 12 (date written; published1751),T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, inDesigns by Mr.R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published1753,→OCLC:
  far from the madding crowd'signoble strife
Not a true or "noble"falcon; said of certainhawks, such as thegoshawk.
(chemistry) Of an element, dangerously reactive.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, seeCitations:ignoble.

Synonyms

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(common):common,plebeian,vulgar
(not honorable):degenerate,mean,base,vile,low-minded,reproachful,shameful,disgraceful

Antonyms

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(antonym(s) of“common”):noble
(antonym(s) of“not honorable”):noble,honorable

Derived terms

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Translations

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not noble; plebeian; common

Assamese:ইতৰ(itor)
Bulgarian:неблагороден (bg)(neblagoroden),простонароден (bg)(prostonaroden)
Catalan:innoble (ca)
Finnish:alhaissyntyinen
French:indigne (fr),ignoble (fr)
Greek:αγενής (el) m or f(agenís)
Ancient Greek:ἀγεννής(agennḗs)
Hindi:अनार्य (hi)(anārya),अकुलीन (hi)(akulīn),सर्वसाधारण (hi)(sarvasādhāraṇ),अशिष्ट (hi)(aśiṣṭ)
Irish:anuasal
Italian:ignobile (it)
Japanese:平凡な (ja)(heibon na),庶民の (ja)(shomin no)
Latin:ignobilis
Macedonian:беден m(beden)
Manx:neuooasle,anooasle,meeooasle
Portuguese:ignóbil (pt)
Russian:простонародный (ru)(prostonarodnyj)
Spanish:innoble (es)

not honorable

Bulgarian:низък (bg)(nizǎk),долен (bg)(dolen)
Dutch:oneervol (nl)
Esperanto:malnobla
Finnish:halpamainen (fi),alhainen (fi),matalamielinen (fi)
French:ignoble (fr)
Greek:πρόστυχος (el) m(próstychos),άτιμος (el) m(átimos)
Ancient Greek:ἀγεννής(agennḗs)
Hindi:अप्रतिष्ठित (hi)(apratiṣṭhit),नीच (hi)(nīc),अनार्य (hi)(anārya)
Irish:tútach
Japanese:卑しい (ja)(iyashii),汚い (ja)(kitanai),醜い (ja)(minikui)
Macedonian:нечесен m(nečesen)
Polish:niecny (pl)
Russian:посты́дный (ru)(postýdnyj),ни́зкий (ru)(nízkij)
Slovene:nečasten m
Spanish:innoble (es)
Swedish:simpel (sv),tarvlig (sv)
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish:طمرسز(damarsız),صویسز(soysuz)

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