unnoble

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English unnoble, equivalent to un- +‎ noble.

Adjective

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unnoble (comparative more unnoble, superlative most unnoble)

  1. (dated, chiefly pre 1900) Not of noble rank.
    • 1800, William Took, View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second:
      Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.
  2. Not noble; ignoble; base.
  3. (metallurgy) Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidising readily.
    unnoble metal

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Verb

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unnoble (third-person singular simple present unnobles, present participle unnobling, simple past and past participle unnobled)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) no longer noble

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