Synonyms

infra dig

[in-fruh dig] Origin

in·fra dig

[in-fruh dig]
noun
beneath one's dignity.

Origin:
1815–25; < Latin infrā dignitātem
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Infra dig is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
infra dig (ˈɪnfrə ˈdɪɡ)
 
adj
informal (postpositive) beneath one's dignity
 
[C19: from Latin phrase infrā dignitātem]

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infra dig
1824, colloquial abbreviation of L. infra dignitatem "beneath the dignity of."
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infra dig
Latin infra dignitatem (beneath [one's] dignity)
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