Dignity (n)

[Wink Holliday]

dignity |ˈdignitē|
noun (pl. -ties)
the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect : a man of dignity and unbending principle | the dignity of labor.
• a composed or serious manner or style : he bowed with great dignity.
• a sense of pride in oneself; self-respect : it was beneath his dignity to shout.

ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French dignete, from Latin dignitas, from dignus ‘worthy.’

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[Edson Carlos]

noun

1. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English, typically by the plural and possessive endings and that can function as the main or only elements of subjects or objects, as cat, belief, writing, Ohio, darkness. Nouns are often thought of as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities.
–adjective
2. Also, nounal. of or resembling a noun.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME nowne < AF noun < L nōmen name