inglorious
/ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[H]e cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious."
- "The last occasion on which the Kaiser [Wilhelm II] used this train was for an inglorious journey into Holland towards the end of the 1914 war. He spent the night in it at Eysden [Eijsden], while the Queen of the Netherlands and a hastily summoned Cabinet debated what to do with him."
- "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."
Etymology
From Latin inglōriōsus. By surface analysis, in- + glorious.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: inglōriōsus
Usage
Inflected Forms
more inglorious (comparative)
most inglorious (superlative)