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dictier

dictier is the comparative form of dicty.

Meaning of dicty

Adjective

dicty (comparative dictier, superlative dictiest)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) stylish and respectable; high-class
  2. (African-American Vernacular) striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious
  3. (African-American Vernacular) snobbish and uptight
    • We had already decided that he'd have to move in with Isabel and her folks. I knew this wasn't the ideal arrangement because Isabel's folks are inclined to be dicty and they hadn't especially wanted Isabel to marry me. But I didn't know what else to do.1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, published 1965

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Questions about dictier

What is dictier the comparative form of?
Dictier is the comparative form of dicty.

Words near dictier in the dictionary

  1. dictatresses
  2. dictatrices
  3. dictatrix
  4. dictature
  5. dictatures
  6. dictier
  7. dicties
  8. dictiest
  9. diction
  10. dictional
  11. dictionally

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