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What does ignominious mean?

What does ignominious mean?. “The horror makes the thrill; and when the question is of getting the extremest and supremest out of human nature, talk of expense sounds ignominious ” (51). ignominious [ig-nuh-min-ee-us] adjective

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What does ignominious mean?

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  1. What does ignominious mean? “The horror makes the thrill; and when the question is of getting the extremest and supremest out of human nature, talk of expense sounds ignominious” (51).

  2. ignominious [ig-nuh-min-ee-us] adjective 1. marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat. 2. bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.

  3. What is being discounted here? “The horror makes the thrill; and when the question is of getting the extremest and supremest out of human nature, talk of expense sounds ignominious” (51).

  4. esthetic (Brit. spelling) aesthetic [es-thet-ik] adjective  relating to a sense of the beautiful

  5. anecdote [an-ik-doht] noun 1.a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature. 2.a short, obscure historical or biographical account.

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