Etymology · Middle French
ignominieux
2 English words descend from Middle French ignominieux, most common first.
- ignominiousEspecially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
- ignominiouslyIn a manner which is ignominious (“especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable; (generally) causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful”).