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dignitude

noun

Etymology

From dignity + -itude, originally a parody of uneducated speech.

  1. derived from *dḱ-nos✻
  2. derived from dignitās
  3. derived from dignité
  4. inherited from dignyte
  5. suffixed as dignitude — “dignity + itude”

Definitions

  1. Dignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity.

    • I pranced along with the dignitude o' a queen, and didn't condescend fur tu give none o' the men sect a glance, and 'twasn't my conduct what injuced him fur tu redress me.
    • A ghost-seer's dignitude does not stand on end if 'e twigs that 'is cackle is met with a smile.
    • 2019. Scott Lemieux, "Republicans Again Uphold the Equal Sovereign Dignitude of the States", Lawyers, Guns & Money.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA