infra dig

[ in-fruh dig ]

adjective

1. beneath one's dignity.

infra dig

/ ˈɪnfrə ˈdɪɡ /

adjective

1. informal.
   postpositive beneath one's dignity

Word History and Origins

Origin of infra dig¹

First recorded in 1815–25, infra dig is from Latin infrā dignitātem

Word History and Origins

Origin of infra dig¹

C19: from Latin phrase infrā dignitātem

Example Sentences

The rivalry between North and South is always exceedingly bitter, but latterly the Scotchmen have not thought it infra dig.

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Four of us young post-captains took this decision, and as it would have been, perhaps, considered infra dig.

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On my road I met them driving in a buggy, the only one of which the town could boast, and, as it is not considered infra dig.

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Marjorie closed her book too and leaned forward to listen, but the two big boys, evidently considering it infra dig.

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Dickens gives his first public (not paid) readings in December, 1853; was it infra dig.

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