dignity
Meaning
- The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
- Decorum, formality, stateliness.
- High office, rank, or station.
- One holding high rank; a dignitary.
- (obsolete) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
Synonyms
high class
propriety
majestic lustre
quality of character
majestic appearance
orjurisdiction of an
throne Beauty Glory
military position
social station
mandarins’ titles
high position
high ranking
dignified manner
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɪɡnɪti/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty. In this sense, displaced native Old English weorþsċipe, which became Modern English worship.
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