Dignitude

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Dignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity. humorous, uncountable

    "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."

Example

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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."

Etymology

From dignity + -itude, originally a parody of uneducated speech.

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