n. The state or condition of being base or low in scale; meanness of grade; lowliness, as of birth or station.n. That which is base or low; anything of an ignoble grade or quality; meanness, as of relation or employment.n. Illegitimacy of birth; bastardy.n. The state or quality of being morally mean or vile; vileness; worthlessness.n. Of metals: Liability to rust: opposed to nobleness.n. Inferior or debased quality, the result of having been alloyed with a cheaper metal; spuriousness.n. Deepness of sound.