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Ignoble

//ɪɡˈnoʊbəl// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not noble; plebeian; common.

    "I was not ignoble of descent."

  2. 2
    Not honorable; base.

    "A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar."

  3. 3
    Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
  4. 4
    Of an element, dangerously reactive.
Adjective
  1. 1
    completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose wordnet
  2. 2
    not of the nobility wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make ignoble; to bring low.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

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