See Also: oophorostomy(medicine)

inglorious (iou) and oophorostomy (medicine)


inglorious (iou)



inglorious adjective. M16.
[from Latin inglorius (from gloria GLORY noun) + -OUS, or from IN-3 + GLORIOUS.]
Bringing no glory or honour (to a person); shameful, ignominious. M16.
Ld Macaulay It involved the country in an inglorious, unprofitable, and interminable war.
Not glorious or famous. Now rare. L16.
T. Gray Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest.
ingloriously adverb L16.
ingloriousness noun M17.

oophorostomy (medicine)


oophorostomy


Synonym: ovariostomy.

Origin: oophoro-+ G. Stoma, mouth.