ignominy

Etymology

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ignōminia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

noun

  1. Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
    Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy! a. 1994, Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, Andrews McMeel, page 168
    It was tribal, almost relentless and, in the case of the official England band, there was a degree of ignominy, too, for repeatedly playing a tune for which the words go “Fuck the IRA”, something that could lead to a full breakdown of their relationship with the FA. 18 November 2014, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian
    The lawyer who shot to ignominy last week with a racist rant at a Manhattan lunch spot apologized Tuesday on social media, where a video of his threat to call immigration agents on Spanish-speaking workers had first gone viral. 2018-05-22, Liz Robbins, Maya Salam, “‘I Am Not Racist’: Lawyer Issues Apology One Week After Rant”, in New York Times
    "I studied to be a diplomat and have been a diplomat for twenty years," Bondarev wrote. "The (Russian foreign) ministry has become my home and family. But I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy." May 23, 2022, “Russian diplomat in Switzerland says he resigns over Ukraine invasion”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-26, Europe

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