All 3 Uses of
ignominious
in
David Copperfield
- Mary Anne's cousin deserted into our coal-hole, and was brought out, to our great amazement, by a piquet of his companions in arms, who took him away handcuffed in a procession that covered our front-garden with ignominy.†
Chpt 43-45
- Ignominy, Want, Despair, and Madness, have, collectively or separately, been the attendants of my career.†
Chpt 52-54 *
- ' "In an accumulation of Ignominy, Want, Despair, and Madness, I entered the office — or, as our lively neighbour the Gaul would term it, the Bureau — of the Firm, nominally conducted under the appellation of Wickfield and — HEEP, but in reality, wielded by — HEEP alone.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(ignominious) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame -- typically in reference to behavior or character