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in⋅fra dig

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

Origin:
1815–25; < L infrā dignitātem
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in·fra dig   (ĭn'frə dĭg')   
adj.  Beneath one's dignity.

[Short for Latin īnfrā dignitātem : īnfrā, below + dignitātem, accusative of dignitās, dignity.]
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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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