ungloriousadj.
Now rare.
= inglorious adj.In earliest quots. rendering Latin inglorius.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective]
namelessc1330
ungloriousa1382
unfamousc1384
unglorifieda1395
unrenowned1525
gloryless1540
obscurec1540
incelebrateda1552
honourlessa1560
unnoted1566
eclipsed1587
irrenowned1590
inglorious1591
ungraced1595
unreputed1596
reputeless1598
unreckoned1599
undistinguished1600
unfamed1609
without name1611
unremarkable1628
uncried up1631
undignified1716
unapplauded1739
uncelebrated1740
renownless1821
bannerlessc1850
untrumpeted1859
anonymous1860
reportlessc1865
unillustrious1885
obscured1891
statusless1899
unarrived1902
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isaiah lii. 14 So vnglorious shal ben among men his siȝte.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xii. 19 He bringeth the prestis of hem vnglorious, and the beste men of wrshipe he supplauntith.
c1400 The Brut ccxxvii. 298 Þe same vnglorious Philip wiþdrowe him, wiþ þe residue of al his peple.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 183 Tho aungels,..made vngloryous for thyr wyckednes, felle from glory.
1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 46 In the next place, let Woods and Rivers be My quiet, though unglorious destiny.
1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 62 Needlessly to brave Unglorious dangers.
1882 J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years II. vii. 153 Something should be found..neither unglorious nor unprofitable.
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