English Dictionary: ignobleness | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flower-de-luce \Flow"er-de-luce"\, n. [Corrupted fr. fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ({Iris}) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are {Iris Germanica}, {I. Florentina}, {I. Persica}, {I. sambucina}, and the American {I. versicolor}, {I. prismatica}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Iconophilist \I`co*noph"i*list\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n an image + [?] to love.] A student, or lover of the study, of iconography. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Igniferous \Ig*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. ignifer; ignis fire + ferre to bear.] Producing fire. [R.] --Blount. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignify \Ig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ignifying}.] [L. ignis fire + -fy.] To form into fire. [R.] --Stukeley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignifluous \Ig*nif"lu*ous\, a. [L. ignifluus; ignis fire + fluere to flow.] Flowing with fire. [Obs.] --Cockerman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignify \Ig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ignifying}.] [L. ignis fire + -fy.] To form into fire. [R.] --Stukeley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignify \Ig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ignifying}.] [L. ignis fire + -fy.] To form into fire. [R.] --Stukeley. | |
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Ignipotence \Ig*nip"o*tence\, n. Power over fire. [R.] | |
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Ignipotent \Ig*nip"o*tent\, a. [L. ignipotens; ignis fire + potens powerful.] Presiding over fire; also, fiery. Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignivomous \Ig*niv"o*mous\, a. [L. ignivomus; ignis fire + vomere 8vomit.] Vomiting fire. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignobility \Ig`no*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. ignobilitas: cf. F. ignobilit[82].] Ignobleness. [Obs.] --Bale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, a. [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble. See {In-} not, and {Noble}, a.] 1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. I was not ignoble of descent. --Shak. Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak. 2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. 'T but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --Shak. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. Syn: Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ignobleness \Ig*no"ble*ness\, n. State or quality of being ignoble. | |
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Ignobly \Ig*no"bly\, adv. In an ignoble manner; basely. | |
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Isonephelic \I`so*ne*phel"ic\, a. [Iso- + Gr. [?] a cloud.] (Phys. Geog.) Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ICMP {Internet Control Message Protocol} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ICMP Router Discovery Protocol Windows} {DHCP} clients and various {Unix} flavors. {Vulnerability (http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/Most_DHCP_clients_are_vulnerable_to_an_IRDP_attack.html)}. [Details? Reference?] (1999-10-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
iCOMP {Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance index} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IEEE Computer Society The society of the {IEEE} which publishes the journal "Computer". {Home (http://www.computer.org/)}. (1995-03-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IGMP {Internet Group Management Protocol} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ISMAP (World-Wide Web) An attribute of the {HTML} tag (inline image) which specifies that if the image is selected, the {browser} will generate a request indicating the coordinates of the point which was clicked. This request is then interpreted by the server by mapping certain regions of the image to certain actions. {Documentation (http://www.utirc.utoronto.ca/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/image.html)}. (1995-02-14) |