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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
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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.
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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.
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I was not ignoble of descent. --Shak.
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Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak.
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2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
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'T is but a base, ignoble mind,
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --Shak.
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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
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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.
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