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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-738/
- Published: 2026-08-25T18:15:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-25T18:26:51.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

ignominious (adjective) -

1: humiliating, degrading  
2: deserving of shame or infamy : despicable  
3: marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame : dishonorable

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignominious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The "-nom-" of "ignominious" comes from "nomen," the Latin word for "name" or "repute." (It's also the root of "misnomer," "nomenclature," and "nominal," among others.) The "ig-" part of the word is akin to the negative prefix in-; when joined to the root "-nom-," it indicates the namelessness that goes with shame or dishonor. To suffer an ignominious fate is to lose the opportunity to make a name for oneself or to lose one's good name. When "ignominious" was first borrowed from a French form of the word in the 15th century, it meant "disgraced" or "dishonorable." "Ignominious" continues to have such meanings, but it also has somewhat milder meanings - "embarrassing" and "humiliating."

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