Definitions For Unnoble

Verb

unnobl , ing (transitive) To make (someone or something) no longer noble

Adjective

(dated, chiefly pre 1900) Not of noble rank. : 1800, William Took, View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second :: Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants. Not noble; ignoble; base. (metallurgy) Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidize, oxidising readily. : {{ux, en, unnoble metal}}

Synonyms

metallurgy base, see base metal

Derived terms

unnobleness

Translations

Finnish: aateliton Finnish: epäjalo

Etymology

from middle english unnoble, equivalent to un + noble.

Anagrams

nonblue