dignity
The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
Noun 4 meanings
The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
Decorum, formality, stateliness.
High office, rank, or station.
One holding high rank; a dignitary.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”).
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DIGNITY at a glance
DIGNITY has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + G 2 + N 1 + I 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,784 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with dignity
All rhymes- CITY9
- UNIVERSITY16
- COMMUNITY18
- SECURITY13
- QUALITY19
- ABILITY12
- OPPORTUNITY18
- MAJORITY20
- REALITY10
- ACTIVITY16
- AUTHORITY15
- RESPONSIBILITY21
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