ignoble

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; ; - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  2. adjective not of the nobility

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

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