Ignoble /(?)/
Ig·no·ble
Ignoble
a.
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Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
I was not ignoble of descent.
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants.
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Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
'T is but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
- Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. (Zool.)
Ignoble
v. t.
- To make ignoble. [Obs.]