dignity
pronunciation
How to pronounce dignity in British English:
UK [ˈdɪɡnəti]
How to pronounce dignity in American English:
US [ˈdɪɡnəti]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
- formality in bearing and appearance
- high office or rank or station
Word Origin
- dignity
- dignity: [13] Dignity comes via Old French dignete from Latin dignitās, a derivative of dignus ‘worthy’. Also from the same source was Latin dignāre (source of English deign and its derivative disdain) and late Latin dignificāre (source of English dignify [15]). Dignus itself probably came from an earlier unrecorded *decnus ‘suitable, fitting’, a derivative of the verb decere, which produced English decent. Other related words in English include condign [15] and indignant [16], while dignitās also produced, via a different line of descent, English dainty.=> condign, dainty, deign, disdain, indignant
- dignity (n.)
- early 13c., from Old French dignite "dignity, privilege, honor," from Latin dignitatem (nominative dignitas) "worthiness," from dignus "worth (n.), worthy, proper, fitting" from PIE *dek-no-, from root *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent).
Synonym
Example
- 1. This is a great privilege and gives us dignity .
- 2. The trick is doing it with dignity .
- 3. I wanted to call out , but my dignity prevailed .
- 4. And the japanese people have been magnificent , enduring impossible hardships with dignity and grace .
- 5. There is no visible anger , no loud cries for revenge , just silent despair and proud moments of dignity .