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Ignominious – adj.

Used in new release The Healer, by Sharon Sala

p. 16: Despite such an ignominious beginning, he was remarkably self-assured.

ig·no·min·i·ous

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–adjective

1.	marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.

2.	bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L ignōminiōsus. See ignominy, -ous

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