请输入您要查询的单词:

 

单词 indign
释义

indign

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌɪn/

Adjective

indign (comparative more indign, superlative most indign)

  1. (archaic) Unworthy, undeserving.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.1:
      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 […].
  2. (obsolete) disgraceful
  3. (obsolete) unbecoming
  • indignant
  • indignation
  • indignity
  • dignity

Translations

Anagrams

  • dining, niding
随便看

 

国际大辞典收录了7408809条英语、德语、日语等多语种在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的翻译及用法,是外语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2023 idict.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/10/2 10:21:38