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From dignity + -itude, originally a parody of uneducated speech. By surface analysis, Latin dign(us) + -itude.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Dignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity. Full definition →
From dignity + -itude, originally a parody of uneducated speech. By surface analysis, Latin dign(us) + -itude.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.