DICTY

Etymology

Adjective

dicty (comparative dictier, superlative dictiest)

(African-American Vernacular) stylish and respectable; high-class

(African-American Vernacular) striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious

(African-American Vernacular) snobbish and uptight

Noun

dicty (plural dicties)

(African-American Vernacular) An upper-class black.

Synonyms

• (high-class): chic, classy, ritzy

• (pretentious): flashy, showy

• (snobbish): haughty, hoity-toity, snobby, snooty, stuck-up

Proper noun

Dicty (plural er-noun)

diminutive of Dictyostelium discoideum (a soil social amoeba)

Synonyms

• Dictyostelium discoideum

• D. discoideum

• discoideum

Source: Wiktionary



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THEORETICAL

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