Nob"by (?), a. [From 2d Nob.] Stylish; modish; elegant; showy;
aristocratic; fashionable. [Slang]
No*bil"ia*ry (?), a. [F. nobiliare. See Noble.] Of or pertaining to the
nobility. Fitzed. Hall.
No*bil"ia*ry, n. A history of noble families.
No*bil"i*fy (?), v. t. [L. nobilis noble + -fy.] To make noble; to
nobiliate. [Obs.]
No*bil"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. nobilitatus, p. p. of nobilitare.] To make
noble; to ennoble; to exalt. [Obs.]
No*bil`i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. OF. nobilitation.] The act of making
noble. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
No*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble.] 1. The
quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character;
commanding excellence; eminence.
Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage
prevailed over it.
Sir P. Sidney.
They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their
pride nobility of soul.
Dryden.
2. The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity;
antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether
inherited or conferred.
I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of
blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda.
Dryden.
3. Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons
in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the
English nobility.
No"ble (?), a. [Compar. Nobler (?); superl. Noblest (?).] [F. noble,
fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn,
noble, fr. noscere to know. See know.] 1. Possessing eminence,
elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or
dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler poets for a
nobler song.
Dryden.