Saditty

//səˈdɪ.ti// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class. US, slang

    "This desire for the group was voiced by its president in her attempts to get the girls to be “ladies and cultivated”—or, as frequently stated by them, to be more “seditty” (sedate), a colloquialism referring to the respectable and controlled behavior associated with middle-class standards."

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"This desire for the group was voiced by its president in her attempts to get the girls to be “ladies and cultivated”—or, as frequently stated by them, to be more “seditty” (sedate), a colloquialism referring to the respectable and controlled behavior associated with middle-class standards."

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of sedate (see quotation below) or another word. Attested from the 20th century.

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