indign

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌɪn/
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Adjective

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

Translations

unworthy — see unworthy

disgraceful — see disgraceful

unbecoming — see unbecoming

Anagrams

dining, niding

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