biggity
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of biggity
First recorded in 1875–80; big 1 + -ity suffix of uncertain origin, perhaps containing -y 1; cf. uppity
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‘Mr. Singer would tell you. He a truly kind white man and he not a bit biggity.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
He feels hisself a heap too biggity to bite prairie-dogs.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
I was plenty biggity and liked to cut a step.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
Allow me to inform you I'm not biggity, miss!
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler
When folks take up dis idee, dey gits biggity, an' dey ain't no stayin' in de same country wid um.
From Types of Children's Literature by Walter Barnes
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