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unnoble

unnoble adjective: not of noble rank.

Adjective

unnoble (comparative more unnoble, superlative most unnoble)

  1. (dated, chiefly pre 1900) Not of noble rank.
    • Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.1800, William Took, View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second
  2. Not noble; ignoble; base.
  3. Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidising readily.
    • unnoble metal

Verb

unnoble (third-person singular simple present unnobles, present participle unnobling, simple past and past participle unnobled)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) no longer noble

Synonyms of unnoble

Forms of unnoble

Adjective
comparativemore unnoble
superlativemost unnoble
Verb
third-person singular presentunnobles
present participleunnobling
past participleunnobled
pastunnobled

Origin of unnoble

From Middle English unnoble, equivalent to un- + noble.

Words formed from unnoble

Questions about unnoble

What does unnoble mean?
Unnoble means not of noble rank.
What part of speech is unnoble?
Unnoble can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near unnoble in the dictionary

  1. unnis
  2. unnitrated
  3. unnitrified
  4. unnitrogenized
  5. unnixtamalized
  6. unnoble
  7. unnobled
  8. unnobleness
  9. unnobly
  10. unnocked
  11. unnodding

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