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ignominy

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/Part of speech nounSorted giimnnoyStarts with IEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a state of dishonor

Word origin

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ignōminia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

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  • Near-synonym: bad name
  • But like Czar Peter content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg disdained no seeming ignominy, if thereby he might happily gain the power of enlightening his untutored countrymen.
  • Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman.

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