ennobled

English

Adjective

ennobled (comparative more ennobled, superlative most ennobled)

1. Having been made more noble; improved.
   • 1863, The Reason Why, page 283:

     There are families of nations more readily susceptible of culture, more highly civilized, more ennobled by mental cultivation than others, but not in themselves more noble.

   • 2002, Johann Gottfried Herder, ‎Michael N. Forster, Herder: Philosophical Writings, page 296:

     Also, the poetic art can be applied very usefully because the human being can also be very ennobled through fair prejudices.

   • 2016, Patrick O'Flanagan, Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c. 1500–1900:

     Their proportion remained largely unchanged over centuries despite the caseless arrival of thousands from the more ennobled parts of the country.

Derived terms

• unennobled

Verb

ennobled

1. simple past and past participle of ennoble