Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dicty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dic-ty
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

stylish and respectable; high-class

adj

striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious

adj

snobbish and uptight

noun

An upper-class black.

name

diminutive of Dictyostelium discoideum (a soil social amoeba)

Example Sentences

"We had already decided that he'd have to move in with Isabel and her folks. I knew this wasn't the ideal arrangement because Isabel's folks are inclined to be dicty and they hadn't especially wanted Isabel to marry me. But I didn't know what else to do."

Inflected Forms

dictier (comparative) dictiest (superlative) dickty (alternative) dicties (plural)

Synonyms

chic classy ritzy flashy showy haughty hoity-toity snobby snooty stuck-up Dictyostelium discoideum D. discoideum

Questions

What does dicty mean?: stylish and respectable; high-class

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