ignoble

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Flaubert has said that "the ignoble is the sublime of the lower slope."

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  1. adjective Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or mean. See Synonyms at mean2.
  2. adjective Not of the nobility; common.

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  • Flaubert has said that "the ignoble is the sublime of the lower slope." —  Promenades of an Impressionist
  • Such cult of the common and the ignoble is the more prejudicial because it "wars against all distinction and against the sense of elevation to be gained by respecting and admiring superiority." —  Arabian nights. English
  • I had no idea that he was going to play reporter; it seems to me a breach of confidence -- ignoble. " —  Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions
  • Until proof comes of Arthur's death this would not only be ignoble, but folly. " —  The Wicked Day
  • "You think that I am petty and ignoble, don't you? —  Kajira Of Gor
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, of low birth, from Old French, from Latin ignōbilis : i-, in-, not; see in-1 + nōbilis, gnōbilis, noble; see noble.

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  1. from French ignoble = Spanish ignoble, innoble = Portuguese ignobil = Italian ignobile, from Latin ignobilis, unknown, unknown to fame, obscure, low-born, from in- privative + *gnobilis, nobilis, known, illustrious, noble: see in- and noble.
  2. from ignoble, adjective
 

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