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unnobled en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + noble + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Not ennobled.
    • England is the only modern country among civilized nations where the untalented, unnobled, ungentle, and the vilest possessor of wealth is an envy and marvel with no small portion of its society. 1825, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume 9, page 87:
    • […] Since holy David's seat; which, of especial grace, / Doth lend that noble name to that unnobled place. 1801, George William Manby, The history and antiquities of the parish of Saint David, South-Wales, page 55: