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 of carriage

Etymologies

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don +‎ -ism

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