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uppish

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Uppish  \Up"pish\,  a.  [From  {Up}.] 
  Proud;  arrogant;  assuming;  putting  on  airs  of  superiority. 
  [Colloq.]  --T.  Brown.  --  {Up"pish*ly},  adv  [Colloq.]  -- 
  {Up"pish*ness},  n.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  uppish 
  adj  :  used  colloquially  of  one  who  is  overly  conceited  or 
  arrogant;  "a  snotty  little  scion  of  a  degenerate 
  family"-Laurent  Le  Sage;  "they're  snobs--stuck-up  and 
  uppity  and  persnickety"  [syn:  {bigheaded},  {persnickety}, 
  {snooty},  {snot-nosed},  {snotty},  {stuck-up},  {too  big 
  for  one's  breeches}]




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