'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.
Ig*no"ble*ness, n. State or quality of being ignoble.
Ig*no"bly, adv. In an ignoble manner; basely.
Ig`no*min"i*ous (?), a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.] 1.
Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable;
shameful.
Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious.
Milton.