ignoble

1. a. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. Source: opted

2. a. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. Source: opted

3. a. Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. Source: opted

4. v. t. To make ignoble. Source: opted

5. adj. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose Source: wordnet

6. adj. not of the nobility Source: wordnet

7. 1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. I was not ignoble of descent. Shak. Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. Shak. 2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. 'T but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. Shak. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. 3. (Zoöl.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous. To make ignoble. [Obs.] Bacon. Source: webster

8. Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as thegoshawk. Source: adambom

9. j:100 a. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose s. not of the nobility Source: ecdict

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