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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarydig·ni·ty \ˈdig-nə-tē\ noun (plural -ties) ETYMOLOGY Middle English dignete, from Anglo-French digneté, from Latin dignitat-, dignitas, from dignus DATE 13th century1. the quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed2. a. high rank, office, or position b. a legal title of nobility or honor3. archaic : dignitary4. formal reserve or seriousness of manner, appearance, or languageEnglish Etymologydignity early 13c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. dignete, from L. dignitatem (nom.dignitas) "worthiness," from dignus "worth (n.), worthy, proper, fitting" from PIE *dek-no-, from base *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7dignitydig·nity / 5di^nEti / noun[U] 1. a calm and serious manner that deserves respect 庄重；庄严；尊严: She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity. 她大度地接受了批评。 2. the fact of being given honour and respect by people 尊贵；高贵；高尚: the dignity of work 工作的光荣 The terminally ill should be allowed to die with dignity. 应该允许垂危病人死得有尊严。 3. a sense of your own importance and value 自豪；自尊；自重: It's difficult to preserve your dignity when you have no job and no home. 一个无家无业的人难以保持自己的尊严。 IDIOMS ▪ be7neath your 'dignity below what you see as your own importance or worth 有失尊严；有失身分；有失体面▪ 7stand on your 'dignity (formal) to demand to be treated with the respect that you think that you deserve 要求受到应有的礼遇；保持尊严Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishdignity noun ADJ. enormous, great | calm, quiet She spoke to him with quiet dignity. | human, personal the importance of human dignity VERB + DIGNITY have, possess These people have enormous dignity. | keep, maintain, preserve, retain We all want to maintain our dignity in old age. | give sb Being treated in the privacy of your own room gives you more dignity. | lose The awful thing about old age is losing your dignity. | destroy, rob/strip sb of, threaten Slavery destroys human dignity. Keeping prisoners in such dreadful conditions strips them of all dignity. | muster With as much dignity as he could muster, he left the room. | stand on (= insist on the respect you think you deserve) She was never one to stand on her dignity. PREP. beneath your ~ He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity. | with ~ the right to die with dignity PHRASES an air of dignity His aristocratic voice gives him an air of dignity and power. | lacking in dignity We felt that the way she was treated was lacking in dignity. | a lack of dignity, a loss of dignity He hoped that he could change his mind without loss of dignity. | a sense of dignity She had a strong sense of dignity. | with your dignity intact He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact. OLTdignity noun⇨ dignityWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: cap of dignitydig·ni·ty\ˈdignəd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun(-es)Etymology: Middle English dignete, dignite, from Old French digneté, dignité, from Latin dignitat-, dignitas, from dignus worthy + -itat-, itas -ity — more at decent1. : the quality or state of being worthy : intrinsic worth : excellence < the dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings — Shakespeare > < all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights — U.N. Declaration of Human Rights >2. : the quality or state of being honored or esteemed : degree of esteem : honor < rose to the dignity of a judgeship >3. a. : high rank, office, or position < aspir'd to dignity — Edmund Spenser > b. archaic : rank, degree < clay and clay differs in dignity, whose dust is both alike — Shakespeare > c. : a particular office, rank, or title of honor < Napoleon persuaded the Archduke Maximilian … to accept the Mexican imperial dignity — Times Literary Supplement > d. English law : a title of honor that is an incorporeal hereditament or real property4. archaic a. : one holding high rank : dignitary < in spite of pope or dignities of church — Shakespeare > b. : persons of high rank as a body5. : formal reserve of manner, appearance, behavior, or language :behavior that accords with self-respect or with regard for the seriousness of occasion or purpose : gravity, poise < watched him kindly but with dignity, as well-treated animals who have an assured position always do — Mary Webb >

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