disennoble

English

Etymology

dis- + ennoble

Verb

disennoble (third-person singular simple present disennobles, present participle disennobling, simple past and past participle disennobled)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of what ennobles; to degrade.

References

  • Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 130

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