Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Self-importance, or distance and loftiness of carriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cant, Eng. Universities Self-importance; loftiness of carriage.
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- noun UK, dated
self-importance ;loftiness ofcarriage
Etymologies
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don + -ism
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