unnoble

English

Etymology

From Middle English unnoble, equivalent to un- +‎ noble.

Adjective

unnoble (comparative more unnoble, superlative most unnoble)

1. (dated, chiefly pre 1900) Not of noble rank.
   • 1800, William Took, View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second:

     Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.

2. Not noble; ignoble; base.
3. (metallurgy) Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidising readily.

   unnoble metal

Synonyms

• (metallurgy): base, see base metal

Derived terms

• unnobleness

Translations

not of noble rank

• Finnish: aateliton (fi)

metallurgy: oxidizing readily

• Finnish: epäjalo (fi)

Verb

unnoble (third-person singular simple present unnobles, present participle unnobling, simple past and past participle unnobled)

1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) no longer noble

Anagrams

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