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.
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. Zool.
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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Ig*no"ble, v. t.
To make ignoble.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
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