Ig*no"ble (?), a. [L. ignobilis;
pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble.
See In- not, and Noble, a.]
1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not
illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
I was not ignoble of descent.
Shak.
Her royal stock graft with ignoble
plants.
Shak.
2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous;
base.
'T is but a base, ignoble mind,
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
Shak.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble
strife.
Gray.
3. (Zoöl.) Not a true or noble
falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable;
reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.
Ig*no"ble, v. t. To make
ignoble. [Obs.] Bacon.
