'Ignoble' definitions:

Definition of 'ignoble'

From: WordNet
adjective
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]
adjective
Not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians" [syn: ignoble, ungentle, untitled]

Definition of 'Ignoble'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I was not ignoble of descent. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. [1913 Webster]
  • 'T is but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ignoble'

From: GCIDE
  • Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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