UPPISH

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


Etymology

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

• hippus

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



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ROOTS

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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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