(adj) completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; ; - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Ant.noble, Example: something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude; I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part
a. [ L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble. See In- not, and Noble, a. ] 1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. [ 1913 Webster ]
I was not ignoble of descent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T is but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
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