Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete contracted form of
ignominy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun R. & Obs. Ignominy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete spelling of
ignominy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was at a $400-a-head private luncheon co-hosted by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, said p2pnet, noting Dubya was said to been paid $150,000 for his words of wisdom, his first since retiring in ignomy.
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The war is strategically and morally defensible and by some definition the outcome is neither failure nor ignomy; nice rhetorical flourishes but mere hyperbole.
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By any definition the outcome has been failure and ignomy. echo34
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It was a botched peace, and as result many innocents have been killed and maimed - hence ignomy.
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It's as if you've learned nothing from Bart's ignomy.
Balkinization 2007
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It's as if you've learned nothing from Bart's ignomy.
Balkinization 2007
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He is a first class reactiony fool who has backflipped his way to total ignomy over this whole correction. please take him off our hands, maybe he and Gordo and can go up the highlands and do a merry dance and never come back.
It is interesting that Sir George Young took the opportunity... 2009
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It's as if you've learned nothing from Bart's ignomy.
Balkinization 2007
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| Reply | Permalink yes, i'm sure feingold is thinking: 'that dastardly edwards, how dare he promote a progressive agenda! he must be stopped! i'm sure if i had decided to run, twice-divorced, jewish liberal me would be the front-runner instead of my miserabnle life as a lowly US senator -- oh, the ignomy!
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He is a first class reactiony fool who has backflipped his way to total ignomy over this whole correction. please take him off our hands, maybe he and Gordo and can go up the highlands and do a merry dance and never come back.
It is interesting that Sir George Young took the opportunity... 2009
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