biggity
/ˈbɪɡɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[T]he captains were very independent and airy—pretty ‘biggity,’ as Uncle Remus would say."
- ""Oh, Jeff Wain!" returned the countryman slightingly; "yas, I knows 'im, an' don' know no good of 'im. One er dese yer biggity, braggin' niggers—talks lack he own de whole county.""
- "“Aint you talking biggity. I bet you better not let your grandmammy hear you talking like that.”"
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.
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
more biggity (comparative)
most biggity (superlative)
biggedy (alternative)
biggety (alternative)
biggoty (alternative)
bigotty (alternative)