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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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ignominious

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/ɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs/Used In Literature ↓

Marked by shame or disgrace.

Origin

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Common Phrases

death ignominiousdefeat ignominiousend ignominiousfailure ignominiousflight ignominious. ignominious
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Poetry examples for ignominious

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

infallibilityship in the lurch, and laughing as heartily at his

deserved ignominious end, as subtle jesuits do at the ruin of

bigotted Lay Catholics, whom themselves have drawn in; or, as

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