indign

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective[edit]

indign (comparative more indign, superlative most indign)

  1. (archaic) Unworthy, undeserving.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      even th'Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […].
  2. (obsolete) disgraceful
  3. (obsolete) unbecoming

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

unworthy — see unworthy
disgraceful — see disgraceful
unbecoming — see unbecoming

Anagrams[edit]

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