Definition of Ignobility

1. Noun. The quality of being ignoble.

Exact synonyms: Ignobleness
Generic synonyms: Dishonorableness, Dishonourableness
Derivative terms: Ignoble, Ignoble

Definition of Ignobility

1. n. Ignobleness.

Definition of Ignobility

1. Noun. The state or condition of being ignoble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ignobility

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignobility

ignition
ignition coil
ignition key
ignition lock
ignition switch
ignition system
ignition temperature
ignition temperatures
ignitions
ignitor
ignitors
ignitron
ignitrons
ignivomous
ignobilities
ignobility (current term)
ignoble
ignobleness
ignoblenesses
ignobler
ignoblest
ignobly
ignomies
ignominies
ignominious
ignominiously
ignominiousness
ignominous
ignominy
ignomy

Literary usage of Ignobility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1901)
"Not only does the drama of the Restoration and the Revolution offend by its grossness, but it leaves on the reader's mind an impression of ignobility and ..."

2. The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed by Kenneth Morris (1914)
"Yes," he said; " the third part of my sorrow is gone, and the third part of my ignobility. My youth will return because of this, and the ancient sapience of ..."

3. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"His later works show him implacable to the whole system of official values: the ignobility of fashionable life ; the infamies of empire; the spuriousness of ..."

4. Enjoyment of Poetry by Max Eastman (1921)
"A little group of isolated and exclusive miracles had not reduced all the true and current glories of life to a status of ignobility, so that every great ..."

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