| 释义 |
dicty, a. U.S. slang.|ˈdɪktɪ|
[Origin unknown.]
a. Conceited; snobbish.
b. Elegant, stylish, high-class.
1926A. Niles in W. C. Handy Blues 22 Gay-cattin' 'roun' with dicty cats. Ibid. 33 Dicty, uppish and conceited. 1926C. Van Vechten Nigger Heaven 12 ‘Winter Palace?’ she inquired... ‘Naw..too many ofays and jig-chasers.’ ‘Bowie Wilcox's is dicty.’ ‘Too many monks.’ 1944A. Rose in G. Myrdal Amer. Dilemma xliv. 966 These are only a few dozen words and phrases that are uniquely Negro..such as ‘dicty’ which means trying to put on airs and act upper class without having the basis for doing so. 1959R. Gant World in Jug 162 Nice boy, Julian..from one of those dicty schools and Oxford too, who had surprisingly turned to jazz. |