sadittyadj.adv.

Brit.

/səˈdɪti/,

/ˈsadᵻti/, U.S.

/səˈdɪdi/,

/ˈsædədi/

Forms: 1900s– saddity, 1900s– sadiddy, 1900s– saditty, 1900s– seditty, 1900s– siddity, 1900s– siditty.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: sedate adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of sedate adj. (compare quot. 1948). N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (sæ·dĭti) /ˈsædɪtɪ/.

U.S. (in African-American usage).

Affecting white middle-class values, esp. characterized by an air of superiority; conceited, ‘stuck-up’. Also as adv.

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1948 G. L. Coyle Group Work with Amer. Youth 38 The desire for the group was voiced by its president in her attempts to get the girls to be ‘ladies and cultivated’—or, as frequently stated by them, to be more ‘seditty’ (sedate), a colloquialism referring to the respectable and controlled behavior associated with middle-class standards.

1963 Pittsburgh Courier 28 Sept. 18 Schenley, stronghold of this city's ‘saditty’ set, was invaded one recent Sunday afternoon by bearers of ‘way out’ paintings, carvers of futuristic tree trunks, and be-sneakered exponents of ‘beatnik’ poetry.

1967 Jet 20 July 43 Eartha..is considered ‘seditty’ by many Negroes.

1971 C. Mitchell-Kernan in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out (1972) 318 That's all I hear lately—soul food, soul food. If you say you don't eat it you get accused of being saditty.

1974 M. Angelou Gather Together (1975) xvi. 65 I was that rarity, a Stamps girl who had gone to the fabled California and returned. I could be forgiven a few siditty airs.

1992 T. Morrison Jazz 40 If you don't want to dance, we can just sit there at the table, looking siditty by the lamplight.

1997 Afr. Amer. Rev. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 455 When Mrs. Hardaway began acting hincty and seddity at an early age and passing for white, her own momma threw her out into the street.

2004 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 3 Sept. b12 These seditty, high falutin' blacks were as determined to segregate us from them as were whites.

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

单词	saditty
释义	sadittyadj.adv. Brit. /səˈdɪti/, /ˈsadᵻti/, U.S. /səˈdɪdi/, /ˈsædədi/ Forms: 1900s– saddity, 1900s– sadiddy, 1900s– saditty, 1900s– seditty, 1900s– siddity, 1900s– siditty. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: sedate adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of sedate adj. (compare quot. 1948). N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (sæ·dĭti) /ˈsædɪtɪ/. U.S. (in African-American usage). Affecting white middle-class values, esp. characterized by an air of superiority; conceited, ‘stuck-up’. Also as adv. ΚΠ 1948 G. L. Coyle Group Work with Amer. Youth 38 The desire for the group was voiced by its president in her attempts to get the girls to be ‘ladies and cultivated’—or, as frequently stated by them, to be more ‘seditty’ (sedate), a colloquialism referring to the respectable and controlled behavior associated with middle-class standards. 1963 Pittsburgh Courier 28 Sept. 18 Schenley, stronghold of this city's ‘saditty’ set, was invaded one recent Sunday afternoon by bearers of ‘way out’ paintings, carvers of futuristic tree trunks, and be-sneakered exponents of ‘beatnik’ poetry. 1967 Jet 20 July 43 Eartha..is considered ‘seditty’ by many Negroes. 1971 C. Mitchell-Kernan in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out (1972) 318 That's all I hear lately—soul food, soul food. If you say you don't eat it you get accused of being saditty. 1974 M. Angelou Gather Together (1975) xvi. 65 I was that rarity, a Stamps girl who had gone to the fabled California and returned. I could be forgiven a few siditty airs. 1992 T. Morrison Jazz 40 If you don't want to dance, we can just sit there at the table, looking siditty by the lamplight. 1997 Afr. Amer. Rev. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 455 When Mrs. Hardaway began acting hincty and seddity at an early age and passing for white, her own momma threw her out into the street. 2004 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 3 Sept. b12 These seditty, high falutin' blacks were as determined to segregate us from them as were whites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1948
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