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hincty

hincty adjective: snobbish; conceited.

Adjective

hincty (comparative hinctier or more hincty, superlative hinctiest or most hincty)

  1. Snobbish; conceited.
    • “Hincty, thatʼs why. Comes from handling money all day. You notice that? How people who handle money for a living get stuck-up? Like it was theirs instead of yours?”1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 19
    • “Crunch beat up some yellow hincty boy who was playing ball on King Street & took a fine leather belt off him.”1982, Ntozake Shange, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, St. Martin's Press, page 40

Forms of hincty

comparativehinctier
comparativemore hincty
superlativehinctiest
superlativemost hincty
alternative formhinkty

Origin of hincty

Unknown.

Questions about hincty

What does hincty mean?
Hincty means snobbish; conceited.
What part of speech is hincty?
Hincty is an adjective.

Words near hincty in the dictionary

  1. Hinck
  2. Hinckley
  3. Hinckley and Bosworth
  4. Hinckleys
  5. Hincks
  6. hincty
  7. hind
  8. hind body
  9. hind claw
  10. hind claws
  11. hind feet

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