biggity

== English == === Alternative forms === biggedy, biggety, biggoty, bigotty === Etymology === Apparently from big +‎ -ed +‎ -y, a compound suffix used to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”; compare uppity. Alternately, perhaps from big +‎ -ety, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words; compare hot diggety, hippity-hop. Attested in the Southern United States since the late nineteenth century. Commonly reanalyzed as bigot +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪɡɪti/ === Adjective === biggity (comparative more biggity, superlative most biggity) (US, African-American Vernacular) Conceited, uppity. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:arrogant === References === “biggity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “biggity, adj. (and adv.).”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2008.