† innoˈblesse Obs. rare.
[in-3: perh. F.; cf. innoble not noble, ignoble, and noblesse nobility.]
Want of nobility; ignoble or low rank.
| a 1470 Tiptoft Orat. C. Flaminius (Caxton) E v b (R. Suppl.), The courage which is pure and free is disposed to take noblesse or innoblesse indifferently. |