Definition of ignominy

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ig·no·min·y    (gn-mn, -m-n) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. ig·no·min·ies

1. Great personal dishonor or humiliation.
2. Shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French ignominie, from Old French, from Latin ignminia : i-, in-, not ; see in- ¹ + nmen, gnmen, name (influenced by gnscere, to know); see n-men- in Indo-European roots

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