dignitude

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noun

Dignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity.

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Meanings

noundignitude (uncountable)
  1. humorousuncountableDignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity.

    2019. Scott Lemieux, "Republicans Again Uphold the Equal Sovereign Dignitude of the States", Lawyers, Guns & Money.

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    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

Origin

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

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dignitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dignitude

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“dignitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dignitude. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dignitude,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dignitude.

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