单词 | ignobility |
释义 | ignobilityn. 1. Chiefly with the. People who are not of noble birth or rank considered collectively; (also) people of ignoble character. Now rare.In later use often as an ad hoc formation used in explicit contrast to nobility (see nobility n. 7a). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] folkc888 peoplea1325 frapec1330 commona1350 common peoplea1382 commonsa1382 commontya1387 communityc1400 meiniec1400 commonaltya1425 commonsa1500 vulgarsa1513 many1526 meinie1532 multitude1535 the many-headed beast (also monster)1537 number1542 ignobility1546 commonitya1550 popular1554 populace1572 popularya1578 vulgarity?1577 populacya1583 rout1589 the vulgar1590 plebs1591 mobile vulgusc1599 popularity1599 ignoble1603 the million1604 plebe1612 plebeity1614 the common filea1616 the herda1616 civils1644 commonality1649 democracy1656 menu1658 mobile1676 crowd1683 vulgusa1687 mob1691 Pimlico parliament?1774 citizenry1795 polloi1803 demos1831 many-headed1836 hoi polloi1837 the masses1837 citizenhood1843 John Q.1922 wimble-wamble1937 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 278 (MED) What helpeth it, if ignobilitee [L. ignauus] Have exercise in werre and wagys large? 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. x. f. 20v Very many of the ignobilitee [L. ex infima fortuna] wer promoted into the degree of Senatours. 1610 Histrio-mastix iv. 11 Urgent need makes Princes bend their knee As servile as the ignobilitie. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 315 The nobility, like the ignobility, was divided into the two ranks of landed and landless proprietors. 1885 M. J. Boon Immortal Hist. S. Afr. II. xxvii. 550 Existing generations are governed by the dead to the advantage of the ignobility who are enriched by this constant supply. 2018 @blofeldscat 18 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Nov. 2021) Surely the King Size Pot Noodle discriminates against the ignobility? 2. The fact or quality of being ignoble in character or purpose; lack of honour or dignity; meanness, baseness, sordidness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [noun] villainyc1386 simplessea1393 littlenessa1400 unnoblenessc1400 unnobilitya1425 unnobletya1425 ignoblenessc1450 ignobility?a1475 vileness1549 vilityc1550 haskardy?1578 dunghillry1581 indignity1589 beggarya1616 ignoblesse?1616 poorness1625 lowness1652 meanness1660 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness vilety?c1225 villainy?c1225 vilehead1340 caitiftya1400 vilitya1425 ignoblenessc1450 ignobility?a1475 vileness1526 baseness1537 dunghillry1581 base-mindedness1582 vildness1597 beggarya1616 lowness1652 villainya1719 caddishness1868 bounderishness1899 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 59 A grete multitude of gilty men and fugitiue schepardes, and of contempte persones, women of nye cuntres to theym wolde not marye with theym for the ignobilite of persones [L. propter indignitatem conditionis]. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iv. 30 The nobilness of the ordre is sa worschipfull yat jt sufferis na man yat has mahaigne na demembrit, Na othir wayis mankit jn corssage visage na membris..to be admyttit to the said maist noble ordre—the quhilk excludis vttraly all ignobilitee and vilitee. 1549 J. Bale in J. Leland Laboryouse Journey sig. Cijv A more sygne of ignobylytye can not be sene, then to hyde such noble monumentes. c1610–15 Some Notes before Liues in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 4 Much ignobilitie were it, for a potent and riche Prince..to cast his affection on a begger woman. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iv. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 114 Nor let servants be admitted to give testimony, on account of the ignobility of their soul. 1847 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life II. iv. 65 Selfishness..secretly conscious of its ignobility. 1992 D. Pannick Advocates vii. 214 The ignobility of having wet his pants. 2009 Independent 3 Oct. 39/1 What we have come to is so distressing in its ignobility that we would walk out if we could,. 3. Lack of noble birth; low rank or status; humbleness, lowliness. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] lowness?c1225 unnobleyc1384 noughtc1400 ignoblenessc1450 innoblessea1470 deuce-ace1481 ignobility1483 dunghill1537 vilityc1550 baseness1552 humility1623 non-class1973 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 290/1 His ignobylyte or vnworthynes [Fr. sa non noblesse] was tourned in to sublymyte and heyght. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth vii. f. 10 He dysdayned þe ignobylite [L. ignobilitatem] of Iugurth for asmoche as he was vnlyke vnto them of byrth. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxi. f. 145v Ye will say that mine ignobilitie, my birth and stocke be no meete matches for such a personage. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 99 Modestie..illustrates the ignobility of birth. 1793 T. Taylor tr. Sallust On the Gods ix. 50 That nobility or ignobility of parents may be predicted from the stars. 1852 Monthly Lit. Misc. Oct. 487/2 Hiempsal who..had long before despised the ignobility of Jugurtha, took his seat on the right hand of Adherbal. 1996 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 126 290 Antony denounced the ignobility of Octavian's maternal ancestors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.a1460 |
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