Part 5537

<blockquote>Far from the madding crowd's <b>ignoble</b> strife. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.</syn>

<h1>Ignoble</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig*no"ble</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make ignoble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Ignobleness</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig*no"ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State or quality of being ignoble.</def>

<h1>Ignobly</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig*no"bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ignoble manner; basely.</def>

<h1>Ignominious</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig`no*min"i*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ignominiosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ignominieux</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.</def>

<blockquote>Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled <b>ignominious</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Deserving ignominy; despicable.</def>

<blockquote>One single, obscure, <b>ignominious</b> projector. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Humiliating; degrading; <as>as, an <ex>ignominious</ex> judgment or sentence</as>.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Ignominiously</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig`no*min"i*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously.</def>

<h1>Ignominy</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig"no*min*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ignominies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>ignominia</ets> ignominy (<ets>i</ets>.<ets>e</ets>., a deprivation of one's good name); <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>nomen</ets> name: cf. F. <ets>ignominie</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Name</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.</def>

<blockquote>Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with <b>ignominy</b> after conquest. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Vice begins in mistake, and ends in <b>ignominy</b>. <i>Rambler.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Ignominy</b> is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. <i>Hobbes.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.</syn>

<h1>Ignomy</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig"no*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ignominy.</def> <mark>[R. & Obs.]</mark>