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ignominy|ˈɪgnəmɪnɪ|
[a. F. ignominie (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. ignōminia disgrace, dishonour, f. i-2 = in- not + *gnōmen, nōmen name, reputation.]
1. Dishonour, disgrace, shame; infamy; the condition of being in disgrace, etc.
1540Morysine Vives' Introd. Wysd. C iij b, They ingender ignominye and shame. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 171 This ignominie shalbe ever newe and not dye, till you have obteigned the double honor, against all your enemies. 1617Moryson Itin. ii. 217 Degrading, and other notes of ignominy, which in military discipline are used. 1727Swift Gulliver ii. ii, The ignominy of being carried about for a monster. 1839Thirlwall Greece II. xv. 312 Even his successes had been purchased with ignominy. 1860Motley Netherl. I. i. 10 He had been..obliged to leave the country, covered with ignominy.
2. Ignominious or base quality or conduct; that which entails dishonour or disgrace.
1564Becon Wks. Gen. Pref. C ij, The ignominie of all Priests is, to looke for their owne gayne and profite. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §40, I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof: 'tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures. 1828Macaulay Ess., Hallam (1887) 94 He [Churchill] then repays by ingratitude the benefits which he has purchased by ignominy. |