† fastigiousadj.
Obsolete.
High, eminent, exalted. Sometimes with additional literal reference to a fastigium (see fastigium n. 1a).In quot. 1773 apparently with the figurative sense ‘haughty, overweening’ (cf. lofty adj. 2a), but perhaps simply an error for fastidious (see fastidious adj. 2a).
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the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]
taunt?a1534
cocket1537
fastuous?1591
cobbing1599
whalebone1602
airy1606
fastigious1625
flatuous1630
high and mighty1633
vapouring1647
flatulent1658
hoity-toity1690
jackanapish1696
superior1711
penseful1788
uppish1789
pensy1790
stuck-up1812
glorified1821
toploftical1823
pretentious1832
sophomoric1837
highty-tighty1847
snippy1848
jumped-up1852
set-up1856
toplofty1859
cock-aloft1861
high-tone1864
high-toned1866
pretensivea1868
fancy-pants1870
hunched1870
snotty1870
head-in-air1880
uppity1880
jackanapsian1881
airified1882
sidey1898
posh1914
upstage1918
snooty1919
high-hatted1924
hincty1924
snot-nosed1941
posho1989
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > gabled
fastigious1625
gabled1791
gable-topped1836
gableted1853
step-gabled1937
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. v. xiii. 698 (note) Coen the chief Commander of the Dutch in the Indies, whose fastigious Titles may seeme fastidious to an eye not altogether euill.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 94 They thought the Title too eminent and fastigious [It. sollevato] for them.
a1706 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. (1707) 50 The Antients Dwelling-Houses being generally flat at the Top, Julius Cæsar being the first whom they Indulg'd to raise his Palace in this Fastigious manner.
1773 T. Leland Hist. Ireland II. iii. vii. 157 The task was found more difficult than the impetuosity of the king, or the fastigious contempt which the English minister entertained of this country, permitted them to suspect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).
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