Category:Noble

No"ble, a. [compar. Nobler; superl. Noblest.] Etym: [f. noble, fr. L. Nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, Fr.noscere to know. See know.]

1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is Low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble Nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong to nobler poets for a Nobler song. Dryden.

2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.

3. Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished From the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble Blood; a noble personage.

Note: noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; As, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded. Noble metals (chem.), Silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from their freedom from Oxidation and permanence in air. Copper, mercury, aluminium, Palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included.

Syn. -- honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; Sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; Magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.

Noble No"ble, n.

1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.

2. An english money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the Value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: a european fish; the lyrie.

Noble No"ble, v. t.

Defn: to make noble; to ennoble. [obs.] Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. Chaucer.