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Webster 1913 Edition
Ignoble
Ig-no′ble
,Adj.
1.
Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
I was not
ignoble
of descent. Shakespeare
Her royal stock graft with
ignoble
plants. Shakespeare
2.
Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
’T is but a base,
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
ignoble
mind,That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
Shakespeare
Far from the madding crowd's
ignoble
strife. Gray.
Syn. – Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.
Ig-no′ble
,Verb.
T.
To make ignoble.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ignoble
IGNO'BLE
,Adj.
1.
Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious.2.
Mean; worthless; as an ignoble plant.3.
Base, not honorable; as an ignoble motive.