otium cum dignitate

American  

[oh-ti-oom koom dig-ni-tah-te, oh-shee-uhm kuhm dig-ni-tey-tee] / ˈoʊ tɪˌʊm kʊm ˌdɪg nɪˈtɑ tɛ, ˈoʊ ʃi əm kʌm ˌdɪg nɪˈteɪ ti /

Latin.

1. leisure with dignity.

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Example Sentences

They were enjoying their otium cum dignitate, as befits gentlemen, scholars, and divines, and they certainly deserved greater respect from the undergraduates than they received.

From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

We were determined to study the otium cum dignitate and dolce far niente, and at the end of this month it would have been difficult to say which of us was the hardier or jollier.

From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Stables, Gordon

Your aristocratic Briton frequents not the public saloon, preferring the otium cum dignitate of the private club.

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes

And then the schoolmaster, the chief figure in the group, would be found to have the otium cum dignitate, and especially the former, in a higher sense than is now known.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various

I intend also to give up my other agencies: I am rather old and must retire to enjoy a little of the otium cum dignitate.

From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William