gigmanity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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."
Noun[edit]
gigmanity (countable and uncountable, plural gigmanities)
- (derogatory, dated) Narrow concern about, and pride in, one's respectability; a petty sense of decorum.