dignitude
nounEtymology From dignity + -itude, originally a parody of uneducated speech. By surface analysis, Latin dign(us) + -itude.
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Humorous 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:
1 more example
- 2019. Scott Lemieux, "Republicans Again Uphold the Equal Sovereign Dignitude of the States", Lawyers, Guns & Money.