ignominious

English

WOTD – 15 May 2006

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ignominieux, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraceful”), from ignōminia (“loss of a good name, ignominy”), from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-). Surface analysis ignominy +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs/

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Adjective

ignominious (comparative more ignominious, superlative most ignominious)

1. Marked by shame or disgrace.
   • 1902, Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence, page 242:

     Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.

   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.

Synonyms

• debasing
• degrading
• humiliating

Derived terms

• ignominiously

Related terms

• ignominy

Translations

marked by shame or disgrace

• Bulgarian: позорен (bg) (pozoren), долен (bg) (dolen)
• Catalan: ignominiós
• Czech: potupný m, ostudný, ponižující, hanebný m
• Dutch: schamelijk
• Finnish: häpeällinen (fi)
• French: ignominieux (fr)
• German: schändlich (de), schmählich (de), schmachvoll, schimpflich
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄδοξος (ádoxos)

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• Hebrew: מחפיר (makhpír)
• Italian: ignominioso (it) m
• Latin: ignōminiōsus m
• Russian: позо́рный (ru) (pozórnyj), бессла́вный (ru) (besslávnyj)
• Spanish: ignominioso (es) m
• Swedish: vanhedrande (sv), skymflig, neslig (sv), skamlig (sv)
• Turkish: yüz kızartıcı (tr)