UPPITY
ADJECTIVES
► ASSY uppity, overbearing, brash → E20 US
► BRICKETY ► BRIGATY ► BRIGETTY ► BRIGGITY ► BRIGGOTY ► BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing → 1868 Amer. dial.
► DICTY stylish, high-class; snobbish, haughty, conceited, uppity → 1923 Amer. dial.
► IMPITY impudent, uppity → 1967 Amer. dial.
► UPPITISH uppity → 1968 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DICTY a stuck-up, snobbish person; one who is conceited or uppity → 1928 Amer. dial.