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sidey

sidey adjective: exhibiting side, or unjustified self-importance; arrogant.

Adjective

sidey (comparative more sidey, superlative most sidey)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Exhibiting side, or unjustified self-importance; arrogant.
    • "And besides," said the Superior suddenly, "you're too sidey, young man. Calling yourself The Civilian! People won't like that. It's sidey. It'll annoy them. It's uppish."1921, The Civilian's South India: Some Places and People in Madras
  2. (India) Insignificant; small-time.

Proper noun capitalized: Sidey

Sidey

  1. A surname.

Forms of sidey

comparativemore sidey
superlativemost sidey

Origin of sidey

From side + -y.

Questions about sidey

What does sidey mean?
Sidey means exhibiting side, or unjustified self-importance; arrogant.
What part of speech is sidey?
Sidey can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near sidey in the dictionary

  1. sidewise
  2. sidewoman
  3. sidewomen
  4. sidework
  5. sidewound
  6. sidey
  7. sideyard
  8. sideyards
  9. sideyways
  10. Sidford
  11. Sidgwick

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