biggityadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡədi/

Forms: 1800s biggity; U.S. regional (southern) 1800s– biggity, 1900s– bigety, 1900s– biggedy, 1900s– biggety, 1900s– biggidy, 1900s– biggoty.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: big adj., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < big adj. + -y suffix¹, with an apparently arbitrary medial syllable, although perhaps compare -ity suffix, -ety suffix, or bigoted adj. Compare the apparently parallel formation uppity adj.

Originally and chiefly U.S. regional (southern).

Vain, conceited, boastful; assertive, impudent. Also as adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [adjective]

opinative1517

opinionativea1549

nose-wise?1566

self-conceited?1574

self-weening1574

opiniative?1575

opinionate1575

conceited1579

weening1579

self-opinionative1584

self-opinionate1602

well-opinioned1608

self-opinioned1609

opinioned1612

opinionated1630

cocklikea1635

self-opinionated1649

vogie1719

swell-headed1817

egotistical1825

airish1842

popular1848

big-headed1860

biggity1880

bigsie1881

ikey1881

Tappertitian1895

swollen-headed1928

ditzy1976

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [adverb]

conceitedly1596

self-conceitedly1598

cocklike1648

biggity1880

1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings xviii Like po'in' spring water on one er deze yer biggity fices.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 11 Mar. 3/2 John Bull naturally talks ‘biggity’ about his Navy.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxxi. 382 You mighty biggety now you're a yearlin'.

1940 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter i. iii. 49 From the biggity way you been acting lately it seem to me like you already got one toe in the pit.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues i. 5 We had a yen..to strut and act biggity.

1973 Amer. Speech 48 89 Biggity, impudent.

1985 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-American 6 Oct. l7/1 In the South, someone who is ‘biggity’ is conceited.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. (Music section) 28 Back then, I was so busy and so biggity, I didn't pay attention to the one percent he offered me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	biggity
释义	biggityadj.adv. Brit. /ˈbɪɡᵻti/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡədi/ Forms: 1800s biggity; U.S. regional (southern) 1800s– biggity, 1900s– bigety, 1900s– biggedy, 1900s– biggety, 1900s– biggidy, 1900s– biggoty. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: big adj., -y suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < big adj. + -y suffix¹, with an apparently arbitrary medial syllable, although perhaps compare -ity suffix, -ety suffix, or bigoted adj. Compare the apparently parallel formation uppity adj. Originally and chiefly U.S. regional (southern). Vain, conceited, boastful; assertive, impudent. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [adjective] opinative1517 opinionativea1549 nose-wise?1566 self-conceited?1574 self-weening1574 opiniative?1575 opinionate1575 conceited1579 weening1579 self-opinionative1584 self-opinionate1602 well-opinioned1608 self-opinioned1609 opinioned1612 opinionated1630 cocklikea1635 self-opinionated1649 vogie1719 swell-headed1817 egotistical1825 airish1842 popular1848 big-headed1860 biggity1880 bigsie1881 ikey1881 Tappertitian1895 swollen-headed1928 ditzy1976 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [adverb] conceitedly1596 self-conceitedly1598 cocklike1648 biggity1880 1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings xviii Like po'in' spring water on one er deze yer biggity fices. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 11 Mar. 3/2 John Bull naturally talks ‘biggity’ about his Navy. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxxi. 382 You mighty biggety now you're a yearlin'. 1940 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter i. iii. 49 From the biggity way you been acting lately it seem to me like you already got one toe in the pit. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues i. 5 We had a yen..to strut and act biggity. 1973 Amer. Speech 48 89 Biggity, impudent. 1985 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-American 6 Oct. l7/1 In the South, someone who is ‘biggity’ is conceited. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. (Music section) 28 Back then, I was so busy and so biggity, I didn't pay attention to the one percent he offered me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.1880
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