inglorious

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INGLO'RIOUS, adjective [Latin inglorius; in and gloria.] 1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame or celebrity; as an inglorious life of ease. 2. Shameful; disgraceful. He charged his troops with inglorious flight.
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