Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ignoble

Ignoble , adjective

[Latin ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: compare French 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. — Shakespeare
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. — Shakespeare
2.
Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
'T is but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. — Shakespeare
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. — Gray
3.
(Zoology) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.

Ignoble , transitive verb

To make ignoble. [Obsolete] — Bacon