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william-nilliam (iou) and ignoble (medicine)


william-nilliam (iou)



william-nilliam adverb. joc. & colloq. E20.
[Extended form of WILLY-NILLY adverb.]
Willy-nilly.

ignoble (medicine)


ignoble


1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. "I was not ignoble of descent." (Shak) "Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants." (Shak)

2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. "'T but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar." (Shak) "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." (Gray)

3. <zoology> Not a true or noble falcon; said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.

Synonym: Degenerate, degraded, mean, base, dishonorable, reproachful, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, infamous.

Origin: L. Ignobilis; pref. In- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. Ignoble. See In- not, and Noble.

Source: Websters Dictionary