Meanings
adjectiveignomous (comparative more ignomous, superlative most ignomous)
comparative more ignomous · superlative most ignomous
- rareIgnominious; marked by shame
Raising a new army he advanced towards Mathura once again. But this time too he had to suffer an ignomous defeat.
2003, Anant Damodar Athawale with Prbhakar Shivram Sabnis, Lord Shrikrishna the Revered Politician, Delhi: Chaukhmaba Sanskrit Pratishthan, →OCLC, page 281 more example
But we scorned the indictment and today are paying the price of our mistaken loyality by an ignomous death with all the world looking on.
1918, Ella M. Clark, The Ramoth, North Adams, Michigan: Louis V. Harvey, →OCLC
Origin
Medial clipping of ignominious
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
ignomous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignomous
MLA
“ignomous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignomous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ignomous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignomous.
Source: ignomous on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.