The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
(adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; “a snotty little scion of a degenerate family”-Laurent Le Sage; “they’re snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
uppish (comparative more uppish, superlative most uppish)
(since circa 1678) Having plenty of money.
(colloquial) proud; arrogant; assuming
(cricket, of a shot) In which the ball is hit into the air, with the chance of being caught.
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Source: Wiktionary
Up"pish, a. Etym: [From Up.]
Definition: Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] T. Brown.
– Up"pish*ly, adv. [Colloq.] -- Up"pish*ness, n. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.