| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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ignominy
1) loss of reputation; disgrace; 2) shameful action
Having plunged from the pinnacle of respectability to the depths of ignominy, he resigned his office and went into seclusion.
Related English words: ignominious (disgraceful; contemptible), ignominiousness
Latin root words: ignominia, ignominiae, f. - disgrace, dishonor; ignominiosus, ignominiosa, ignominiosum - disgraced; disgraceful; nomen, nominis, n. - name
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