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ignoble | x |

As an adjective ignoble

is not noble; plebeian; common.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

ignoble

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not noble; plebeian; common.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I was not ignoble of descent.
  • Not honorable; base.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
  • * Gray
    • far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
  • Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ignoble")

    Synonyms

    * (common) common, plebeian, vulgar * (not honorable) degenerate, mean, base, despicable, dishonorable, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful, vile

    Antonyms

    * (common) noble * (not honorable) noble, honorable

    Derived terms

    * ignobility * ignobleness * ignobly

    Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----