ignominious

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English ignominious (“disgraceful, shameful”), from Middle French ignominieux (modern French ignominieux), or from its etymon Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominious”), from ignōminia (“disgrace, dishonour, shame, ignominy”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Ignōminia is derived from ig- (variant of in- (prefix meaning not) + nōmen (“name; good name, reputation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). By surface analysis, ignominy +‎ -ious (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɡ.nəˈmɪ.ni.əs/ Rhymes: -ɪniəs Hyphenation: ig‧nom‧in‧i‧ous === Adjective === ignominious (comparative more ignominious, superlative most ignominious) Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:despicable (generally) Causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:despicable ==== Derived terms ==== ignominiously ignominiousness unignominious ==== Related terms ==== ignominy ==== Translations ==== === References ===