Not noble; plebeian; common.
I was not ignoble of descent.
Not honorable; base.
A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).
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