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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ignoble/ɪɡˈnəʊbl/

▶adjective (ignobler, ignoblest)

1 not honourable; base.

2 of humble origin or social status.

– derivatives
ignobility noun,
ignobly adverb.

– origin ME: from Fr., or from L. ignobilis, from in- ‘not’ + gnobilis, older form of nobilis ‘noble’.

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