Word to the Wise: Ignominious

"Ignominious" (ig-nuh-MIN-ee-us) - from the Latin for "shameful" - is another way of saying "humiliating."

Example (as used in an Atlantic Monthly review of Relish: The Extraordinary Life of Alexis Soyer, Victorian Celebrity Chef by Ruth Cowen): "[Alexis Soyer's] personal story is a roller coaster of fortunes made and lost, his ending ignominious."

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