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gigmanity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gig-man-i-ty
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Narrow concern about, and pride in, one's respectability; a petty sense of decorum.

Countable; Dated; Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

From gigman + -ity, coined by Thomas Carlyle, derived from a definition once given in a court of justice by a witness who, having described a person as respectable, was asked by the judge in the case what he meant by the word, and replied, "One that keeps a gig."

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Usage

Inflected Forms

gigmanities (plural)

Questions

What does gigmanity mean?
Narrow concern about, and pride in, one's respectability; a petty sense of decorum.
Where does gigmanity come from?
From gigman + -ity, coined by Thomas Carlyle, derived from a definition once given in a court of justice by a witness who, having described a person as respectable, was asked by the judge in the case what he meant by the word, and replied, "One that keeps a gig."

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