indign
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]indign (comparative more indign, superlative most indign)
- (archaic) Unworthy, undeserving.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- even th'Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […].
- (obsolete) disgraceful
- (obsolete) unbecoming
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]unworthy — see unworthy
disgraceful — see disgraceful
unbecoming — see unbecoming
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