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sublimity
English
Etymology
sublime +? -ity, from Middle English sublimitee, sublimite, from Old French sublimité and/or Latin subl?mitas.
Noun
sublimity (countable and uncountable, plural sublimities)
- (uncountable) The state of being sublime.
- (countable) Something sublime.
Translations
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dignity
English
Etymology
From Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin d?gnit?s (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from d?gnus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *d?-nos, from *de?- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??n?ti/
Noun
dignity (countable and uncountable, plural dignities)
- The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
- 1752, Henry Fielding, Amelia, I. viii
- He uttered this ... with great majesty, or, as he called it, dignity.
- 1981, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 5
- Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being.
- 1752, Henry Fielding, Amelia, I. viii
- Decorum, formality, stateliness.
- 1934, Aldous Huxley, "Puerto Barrios", in Beyond the Mexique Bay:
- Official DIGNITY tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
- 1934, Aldous Huxley, "Puerto Barrios", in Beyond the Mexique Bay:
- High office, rank, or station.
- 1781, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, F. III. 231:
- He ... distributed the civil and military dignities among his favourites and followers.
- 1781, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, F. III. 231:
- One holding high rank; a dignitary.
- (obsolete) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
Synonyms
- worth
- worthiness
Coordinate terms
- augustness, humanness, nobility, majesty, grandeur, glory, superiority, wonderfulness
Related terms
- deign
- dignified
- dignify
Translations
See also
- affirmation
- integrity
- self-respect
- self-esteem
- self-worth
- dignity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dignity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- tidying
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