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infra dig
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in·fra dig
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ˈɪn
frə ˈdɪg
/
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in
-fr
uh
dig
]
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noun
beneath one's dignity.
Origin:
1815–25;
<
Latin
infrā dignitātem
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infra dig
(ˈɪnfrə ˈdɪɡ)
—
adj
informal
(
postpositive
) beneath one's dignity
[C19: from Latin phrase
infrā dignitātem
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Infra dig
is always a great word to know.
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doohickey
. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
infra dig
1824, colloquial abbreviation of L. infra dignitatem "beneath the dignity of."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
infra dig
Latin
infra dignitatem (beneath [one's] dignity)
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Example sentences
He could barely even pretend to act as if he cared about the destruction of the great city and its
infra dig
inhabitants.
Cranking out freelance articles to pay off one's marquisate bill, however, is unquestionably
infra dig
.
It is
infra dig
through a significant part of law today to take seriously the substance of law itself.
Metal nameplates would be considered scandalously
infra dig
.
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