Meanings
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adj
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
Their attitude was cowardly and ignoble.
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Word family
Forms
ignobly
Derived forms
ignobilityignoblenessignobly
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).
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