indign

[in-dahyn]

adjective

Obsolete. unbecoming or disgraceful.

Origin of indign

1400–50; late Middle English indigne < Middle French < Latin indignus, equivalent to in- in-³ + dignus worthy; see dignity

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British Dictionary definitions for indign

indign

adjective obsolete, or poetic

undeserving; unworthy

unseemly; disgraceful

not deserved

Word Origin for indign

C15: from Old French indigne, from Latin indignus unworthy, from in- 1 + dignus worthy; see dignity

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