ignominious

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/
Etimologie (Engels)

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.

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