ignoble-looking

Updated: August 4, 2026

The ambassadors were allowed to enter the palace gate borne in their palanquins. They were preceded the whole way by a band of music. They ascended into the hall, where they performed their obeisances. Hideyoshi is a mean and ignoble-looking man; his complexion is dark, and his features are wanting in distinction. But his eyeballs send out fire in flashes enough to pierce one through.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era