ignoble

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

adj

  1. Not noble; plebeian; common.
  2. Not honorable; base.
    far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
  3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

verb

  1. To make ignoble; to bring low.

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