inglorious

UK /ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/ US /ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Ignominious; disgraceful.

Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?

Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East, as affording scope for his spirit of enterprise.

2

Not famous; obscure.

Great Julius [Caesar], whom now all the world admires / The more he grew in years, the more inflam’d / With glory, wept that he had liv’d ſo long / Inglorious: but thou yet art not too late.

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