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ignomous

ignomous adjective: ignominious; marked by shame.

Adjective

ignomous (comparative more ignomous, superlative most ignomous)

  1. (rare) Ignominious; marked by shame
    • But we scorned the indictment and today are paying the price of our mistaken loyality by an ignomous death with all the world looking on.1918, Ella M. Clark, The Ramoth, North Adams, Michigan: Louis V. Harvey, →OCLC
    • Raising a new army he advanced towards Mathura once again. But this time too he had to suffer an ignomous defeat.2003, Anant Damodar Athawale with Prbhakar Shivram Sabnis, Lord Shrikrishna the Revered Politician, Delhi: Chaukhmaba Sanskrit Pratishthan, →OCLC, page 28

Forms of ignomous

comparativemore ignomous
superlativemost ignomous

Origin of ignomous

Medial clipping of ignominious

Words formed from ignomous

Questions about ignomous

What does ignomous mean?
Ignomous means ignominious; marked by shame.
What part of speech is ignomous?
Ignomous is an adjective.

Words near ignomous in the dictionary

  1. ignominiousness
  2. ignominities
  3. ignominity
  4. ignominous
  5. ignominy
  6. ignomous
  7. ignomously
  8. ignomy
  9. ignorabilities
  10. ignorability
  11. ignorabimus

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