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Word For The Day - IGNOMINY
www.dictionary.com ^ | 12/01/2017 | Red Badger

Posted on 12/01/2017 7:41:33 AM PST by Red Badger

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ig·no·min·y ˈiɡnəˌminē,ˌiɡˈnäminē/ noun noun: ignominy; plural noun: ignominies

public shame or disgrace. "the ignominy of being imprisoned" synonyms: shame, humiliation, embarrassment, mortification; More disgrace, dishonor, discredit, degradation, scandal, infamy, indignity, ignobility, loss of face "they face the ignominy of losing three straight games to the league's worst team" antonyms: honor

Origin mid 16th century: from French ignominie or Latin ignominia, from in- ‘not’ + a variant of nomen ‘name.’


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To: hobbes1

You forget that I am a poet. I spent several minutes trying to rhyme Woody with “duty”. Closest I got was Howdy Doody, but I still couldn’t make sense of it.

Besides, this isn’t the word for the day; this is the word of two weeks ago.


21 posted on 12/14/2017 6:16:04 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: NicknamedBob

goodie.
hoodie.


22 posted on 12/14/2017 6:51:30 PM PST by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® ...)
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