stuck-upadj.

Brit.

/ˌstʌkˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˈˌstəkˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English stuck up , to stick up at stick v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1

Etymology: < stuck up, past participle of to stick up at stick v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. In sense 1 perhaps with allusion to the idea of sticking up one's nose as a mark of haughtiness (compare stick v.¹ 31, to hold up one's nose at nose n. Phrases 1c(a)), or perhaps with allusion to pretensions to elevated status (compare jumped-up at jumped adj. b). With sense 2 compare earlier stick-up n. 1, sticker-up n. 2.

colloquial.

1. Affectedly superior and aloof; characterized by snobbish haughtiness.

ΘΚΠ

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

1812 B. Hofland Says she to her Neighbour, What? II. viii. 217 I should not like to see my money squandered by a stuck-up Miss, just come from a boarding-school, with more finery on her back than set up her father's shop.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby ix. 76 ‘He's a nasty stuck-up monkey, that's what I consider him,’ said Mrs. Squeers.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 87 Does the stuck up varmint feel above riding with an honest Yankee, because he haint got no title?

1861 G. A. Sala Dutch Pict. xvi. 252 Versailles is one of the dreariest,..most stuck-up places I know.

1908 Boston Post 8 Feb. 7/2 Now, there's a woman for you; no stuck-up airs about her.

1970 D. M. Davin Not here, not Now iii. vii. 207 I wouldn't want you to get stuck-up and start putting on the gyver and forgetting your own.

2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) 2 ‘Stuck-up cow,’ Mrs O'Leary said.

†2. Australian. Of meat: cooked on a skewer over a fire. Cf. stick-up n. 1, sticker-up n. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1852 L. A. Meredith My Home in Tasmania I. iv. 55 To men that are hungry, stuck-up kangaroo and bacon are very good eating.

Derivatives

stuckˈupishness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun]

pensifulnessc1450

affectation1548

affection1570

affectedness1622

lady aira1637

fastuousness1649

gentility1650

fastuosity1656

vapouring1656

flatulency1662

hoity-toity1668

pretendingness1701

with an air1701

pretension1706

flatulence1711

uppishness1716

high and mightiness1771

pensieness1825

fine-gentlemanism1831

pretentiousness1838

ambitiousness1845

stuckupishness1853

pretensiveness1859

notion1866

side1870

dog1871

hoity-toityism1881

superiority complex1921

snootiness1932

uppitiness1935

snottiness1973

snoot1984

swag2002

1853 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 307 We leave Ramsgate, then, with its ‘stuckuppishness’ and stiff and formal society.

1875 M. E. Braddon Hostages to Fortune I. ii. 56 Thank heaven it is not a perky modern place, all stucco and stuckupishness.

1952 Rotarian Aug. 53/1 This something was not an overbearing attitude, not bragging, not stuckupishness, not cheekiness.

stuckˈupiness n.

ΚΠ

1857 P. Brooks Let. 7 Dec. in A. V. G. Allen Life & Lett. Phillips Brooks (1900) I. 202 Alexandria stuck-upiness has had to give in to the times.

1912 B. M. Bower Lonesome Land xix. 255 Why this haughty air? This stuckupiness? Shall I get a ladder and climb up where you can hear me say howdy?

2007 H. J. C. Schuurman People of Swan 283 The men could be heard muttering, ‘Hoity toity, stuckuppiness, frills and frazzles, sinful pride.’

stuck-ˈup-ness n.

ΚΠ

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxv. 235 Mistaken opinions about ‘Mr. Carlton's..stuckupness’.

1931 Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Amer. 9 June 4/2 Timid persons are apt to hide behind a mask of something or other that is liable to be taken for stiffness and stuck-up-ness.

2014 D. Gorman Too Much Information (2015) ii. 17 It involves measuring three qualities—bro-ness, preppy-ness and stuck-up-ness—that are, of course, immeasurable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stuck-up
释义	stuck-upadj. Brit. /ˌstʌkˈʌp/, U.S. /ˈˌstəkˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English stuck up , to stick up at stick v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1 Etymology: < stuck up, past participle of to stick up at stick v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. In sense 1 perhaps with allusion to the idea of sticking up one's nose as a mark of haughtiness (compare stick v.¹ 31, to hold up one's nose at nose n. Phrases 1c(a)), or perhaps with allusion to pretensions to elevated status (compare jumped-up at jumped adj. b). With sense 2 compare earlier stick-up n. 1, sticker-up n. 2. colloquial. 1. Affectedly superior and aloof; characterized by snobbish haughtiness. ΘΚΠ 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 1812 B. Hofland Says she to her Neighbour, What? II. viii. 217 I should not like to see my money squandered by a stuck-up Miss, just come from a boarding-school, with more finery on her back than set up her father's shop. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby ix. 76 ‘He's a nasty stuck-up monkey, that's what I consider him,’ said Mrs. Squeers. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 87 Does the stuck up varmint feel above riding with an honest Yankee, because he haint got no title? 1861 G. A. Sala Dutch Pict. xvi. 252 Versailles is one of the dreariest,..most stuck-up places I know. 1908 Boston Post 8 Feb. 7/2 Now, there's a woman for you; no stuck-up airs about her. 1970 D. M. Davin Not here, not Now iii. vii. 207 I wouldn't want you to get stuck-up and start putting on the gyver and forgetting your own. 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) 2 ‘Stuck-up cow,’ Mrs O'Leary said. †2. Australian. Of meat: cooked on a skewer over a fire. Cf. stick-up n. 1, sticker-up n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1852 L. A. Meredith My Home in Tasmania I. iv. 55 To men that are hungry, stuck-up kangaroo and bacon are very good eating. Derivatives stuckˈupishness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] pensifulnessc1450 affectation1548 affection1570 affectedness1622 lady aira1637 fastuousness1649 gentility1650 fastuosity1656 vapouring1656 flatulency1662 hoity-toity1668 pretendingness1701 with an air1701 pretension1706 flatulence1711 uppishness1716 high and mightiness1771 pensieness1825 fine-gentlemanism1831 pretentiousness1838 ambitiousness1845 stuckupishness1853 pretensiveness1859 notion1866 side1870 dog1871 hoity-toityism1881 superiority complex1921 snootiness1932 uppitiness1935 snottiness1973 snoot1984 swag2002 1853 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 307 We leave Ramsgate, then, with its ‘stuckuppishness’ and stiff and formal society. 1875 M. E. Braddon Hostages to Fortune I. ii. 56 Thank heaven it is not a perky modern place, all stucco and stuckupishness. 1952 Rotarian Aug. 53/1 This something was not an overbearing attitude, not bragging, not stuckupishness, not cheekiness. stuckˈupiness n. ΚΠ 1857 P. Brooks Let. 7 Dec. in A. V. G. Allen Life & Lett. Phillips Brooks (1900) I. 202 Alexandria stuck-upiness has had to give in to the times. 1912 B. M. Bower Lonesome Land xix. 255 Why this haughty air? This stuckupiness? Shall I get a ladder and climb up where you can hear me say howdy? 2007 H. J. C. Schuurman People of Swan 283 The men could be heard muttering, ‘Hoity toity, stuckuppiness, frills and frazzles, sinful pride.’ stuck-ˈup-ness n. ΚΠ 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxv. 235 Mistaken opinions about ‘Mr. Carlton's..stuckupness’. 1931 Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Amer. 9 June 4/2 Timid persons are apt to hide behind a mask of something or other that is liable to be taken for stiffness and stuck-up-ness. 2014 D. Gorman Too Much Information (2015) ii. 17 It involves measuring three qualities—bro-ness, preppy-ness and stuck-up-ness—that are, of course, immeasurable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1812
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