Ig`no*min"i*ous (?), a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.]
1.
Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain,
Fled ignominious.
Milton.
2.
Deserving ignominy; despicable.
One single, obscure, ignominious projector.
Swift.
3.
Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.
Macaulay.
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