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Webster 1913 Edition
Inglorious
In-glo′ri-ous
,Adj.
1.
Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble;
as, an
. inglorious
life of easeShak.
My next desire is, void of care and strife,
To lead a soft, secure,
To lead a soft, secure,
inglorious
life. Dryden.
Some mute
inglorious
Milton here may rest. Gray.
2.
Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious;
as,
inglorious
flight, defeat, etc.Inglorious
shelter in an alien land. J. Philips.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inglorious
INGLO'RIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame or celebrity; as an inglorious life of ease.2.
Shameful; disgraceful. He charged his troops with inglorious flight.Definition 2024
inglorious
inglorious
English
Adjective
inglorious (comparative more inglorious, superlative most inglorious)
- Ignominious; disgraceful.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, act 5, scene 1,
- O inglorious league!
- Shall we, upon the footing of our land,
- Send fair-play orders and make compromise,
- Insinuation, parley and base truce
- To arms invasive?
- 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, chapter 6,
- Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East.
- 1906, Jack London, White Fang, chapter 4,
- He cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, act 5, scene 1,
- Not famous; obscure.