51Թ

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uppish

[ uhp-ish ]

adjective

Informal.
  1. arrogant; condescending; uppity.


uppish

/ ˈʌɪʃ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    snobbish, arrogant, or presumptuous
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱ辱, adverb
  • ˈܱ辱Ա, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܱp· adverb
  • ܱp·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of uppish1

First recorded in 1670–80; up + -ish 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of uppish1

C18: from up + -ish
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We are quite uppish and sniff at the tinned stuff in the supply dump, we want fresh vegetables.

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As a young man, after Harvard and emigration to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger, he might, he admits, have appeared “a shade uppish.”

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And of course, there are some flash expressions that have held over—and evolved into mainstream speech—like sans and uppish.

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Which some servants are awfully uppish, and thinks themselves no end of nobs.

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Whatever I do, or propose doing, I am met and stopped by those confounded uppish notions of hers, to which everything else must be kept subordinate.

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