Wednesday 26 June 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Ignoble

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adj. :: Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.



"His childishly rash, uncalled-for, and ignoble departure from Africa, leaving his comrades in distress, is set down to his credit, and again the enemy's fleet twice lets him slip past." --Tolstoy, Leo

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