saditty
/səˈdɪ.ti/
saditty adjective: acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class.
Adjective
saditty (comparative more saditty, superlative most saditty)
- Acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class.
- This desire for the group was voiced by its president in her attempts to get the girls to be “ladies and cultivated”—or, as frequently stated by them, to be more “seditty” (sedate), a colloquialism referring to the respectable and controlled behavior associated with middle-class standards.1948, Grace Longwell Coyle, Group Work with American Youth: A Guide to the Practice of Leadership, page 39
- I would stop the car when we reached the kiosk and put on my siddity air. I would speak to him like the peasant he was. I would order him to start the car and then tip him a quarter or even a dollar from Dad’s pocket before driving on.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 30, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 232
Forms of saditty
| comparative | more saditty |
|---|---|
| superlative | most saditty |
| alternative form | hasadity |
| alternative form | sadity |
| alternative form | saddity |
| alternative form | sadiddy |
| alternative form | seditty |
| alternative form | seddity |
| alternative form | siditty |
| alternative form | siddity |
Origin of saditty
Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of sedate (see quotation below) or another word. Attested from the 20th century.
Questions about saditty
- What does saditty mean?
- Saditty means acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class.
- What part of speech is saditty?
- Saditty is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce saditty?
- Saditty is pronounced /səˈdɪ.ti/.
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