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ignominious
English
Etymology
From French or Old French ignominieux, from Latin ign?mini?sus (“disgraceful”), from ign?minia (“loss of a good name, ignominy”), from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-). Surface analysis ignominy +? -ious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n??m?n??s/
Adjective
ignominious (comparative more ignominious, superlative most ignominious)
- Marked by great dishonor, shame, disgrace or humiliation; shameful, disgraceful
- In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:despicable
Derived terms
- ignominiously
Related terms
- ignominy
Translations
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paltry
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) paultry, paultrie, palterey
Etymology
From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Cognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?p?lt?i/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?lt?i/, /?p??lt?i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?lt?i/, /?p?lt?i/
Adjective
paltry (comparative paltrier, superlative paltriest)
- Trashy, trivial, of little value.
- Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, petty, trivial
- Of little monetary worth.
- Synonyms: meager, worthless, pitiful, trifling
- Despicable
- A paltry coward.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "paltry" is often applied: sum, rate, amount, number, price, salary, wages, fellow, pay, excuse, income, gain, compensation.
Derived terms
- paltriness
Translations
Anagrams
- partly, raptly
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