Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uppish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uppish \Up"pish\, a. [From {Up}.]
Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.
[Colloq.] --T. Brown. -- {Up"pish*ly}, adv. [Colloq.] --
{Up"pish*ness}, n. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
uppish
adj : used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or
arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate
family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and
uppity and persnickety" [syn: {bigheaded}, {persnickety},
{snooty}, {snot-nosed}, {snotty}, {stuck-up}, {too big
for one's breeches}]
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