ingloriousnessn.
/ɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəsnɪs/ The condition or quality of being inglorious; obscurity; ignominy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [noun]
obscurity1578
eclipse1598
ingloriousnessa1631
deliquium1648
shade1650
incelebrity1813
notelessness1830
obscureness1873
Palookaville?1954
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 204 The ingloriousnesse of having been buried in the dust, is recompenced in the glory I rise to.
1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. i. §2. 9 The Scrutator of this mystery shall be opprest by the ingloriousness of the object.
1661 A. Wright in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1872) III. Ps. lxii. 7 Let him that walks in the ingloriousness and contempt of the world, contemplate God.
1832 T. Moore Diary 6 Apr. in Mem. (1853) VI. 264 The ingloriousness of such a combat.
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