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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Ignoble (0.01073 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Ignoble.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: ignoble tercela
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ignoble ignoble adj 1: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; “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”- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. [ant: noble] 2: not of the nobility; “of ignoble (or ungentle) birth”; “untitled civilians” [syn: ungentle, untitled]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ignoble Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, 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. (Zo["o]l.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. Syn: Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous. [1913 Webster]

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