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- There was a huge, giddy crowd of men who were avid for any diversion, but the cat turned chicken the moment Yossarian released him and fled from Hungry Joe ignominiously like a yellow dog.†
Chpt 12 *ignominiously = in a manner that deserves or brings disgrace or shame
- It was a familiar, ignominious experience, and his opinion of himself was low.†
Chpt 20ignominious = deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Definitions:
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(1)
(ignominious) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame -- typically in reference to behavior or character
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)