# ignominious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/ · frequency rank #63,697

## Definitions
1. Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful.

## Etymology
From French or Old French ignominieux, from Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraceful”), from ignōminia (“loss of a good name, ignominy”), from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-). By surface analysis, ignominy + -ious.

## Source
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