Defn: In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously.
IGNOMINY Ig"no*min*y, n.; pl. Ignominies. Etym: [L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See In- not, and Name.]
1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.
2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
Syn.
— Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.
IGNOMY
Ig"no*my, n.
Defn: Ignominy. [R. & Obs.]
I blush to think upon this ignomy. Shak.
IGNORAMUS
Ig`no*ra"mus, n. Etym: [L., we are ignorant. See Ignore.]
1. (Law)
Defn: We are ignorant; we ignore; — being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn.