ignominious
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ignominious /ˌɪgnəˈmɪnɪəs/
▶adjective deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
– derivatives
ignominiously adverb,
ignominiousness noun,
ignominy noun.
ignominiously adverb,
ignominiousness noun,
ignominy noun.
– origin ME: from Fr. ignominieux, or L. ignominiosus, from ignominia, from in- ‘not’ + a var. of nomen ‘name’.
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