Both Uses of
ignoble
in
Notes from the Underground
- I, for instance, would not be in the least surprised if all of a sudden, A PROPOS of nothing, in the midst of general prosperity a gentleman with an ignoble, or rather with a reactionary and ironical, countenance were to arise and, putting his arms akimbo, say to us all: "I say, gentleman, hadn't we better kick over the whole show and scatter rationalism to the winds, simply to send these logarithms to the devil, and to enable us to live once more at our own sweet foolish will!"†
Chpt 1.7
- But I could not endure their taunts; I could not give in to them with the ignoble readiness with which they gave in to one another.†
Chpt 2.3 *
Definition:
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(ignoble) dishonorable or lacking nobility