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seriositude

noun

Etymology

From serious + -itude, with the spelling changed to suggest a faux-Latin derivation.

  1. derived from *swer-✻
  2. derived from sērius
  3. derived from sēriōsus
  4. derived from serieux
  5. inherited from seryows
  6. suffixed as seriositude — “serious + itude”

Definitions

  1. Seriousness, especially self-seriousness.

    • 2008, September 11. "Caprious Deities", VCR Reporter.com. I would argue that their best films are Fargo and Barton Fink, the two that straddle comedy and seriositude most ambiguously.
    • I think when you're refuting accusations of wrongdoing, seriositude is the way to go.

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