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dignitude en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From dignity + -itude, originally a parody of uneducated speech. By surface analysis, Latin dign(us) + -itude.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, uncountable) 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. 1877, Mary Kyle Dallas, The Grinder Papers, G. W. Carleton & Company:
    • A ghost-seer's dignitude does not stand on end if 'e twigs that 'is cackle is met with a smile. 1895, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch, volumes 100-109, page 197:
    • 2019. Scott Lemieux, "Republicans Again Uphold the Equal Sovereign Dignitude of the States", Lawyers, Guns & Money.