infra dig
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frə ˈdɪg
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| —adj | |
| informal (postpositive) beneath one's dignity | |
| [C19: from Latin phrase infrā dignitātem] | |
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Infra dig
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Word Origin & History
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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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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