saditty, hincty + dicty
Douglas G. Wilson
douglas at NB.NET
Wed Jul 27 06:51:32 UTC 2005
>The 'haughty' sense of English "digne" and its variants ("dingne", "dign",
>Sc. "ding", etc.) goes all the way back to Chaucer ....
I believe modern French retains virtually the same sense (unless I'm
misunderstanding something again). From the French Academy dictionary on-line:
<<DIGNE ... II. ... 2. ... Qui est d'une gravité mêlée d'une certaine
réserve et de fierté. _Un homme digne. Avoir des manières dignes. Prendre
un air digne. Parler d'un ton digne._>>
-- Doug Wilson
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