different between snobbish vs saditty

English

Etymology

snob +? -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sn?b??/

Adjective

snobbish (comparative more snobbish, superlative most snobbish)

1. Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
   • c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys

     St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.

Synonyms

• cliquish

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• hasadity
• sadity, saddity, sadiddy
• seditty, seddity
• siditty

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?-d??-t?, IPA^(key): /s??d?.ti/

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps an alternation of sedate (see quotation below) or another word. Attested from the 20th century.

Adjective

saditty (comparative more saditty, superlative most saditty)

1. (US, dated, slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:saditty.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “saditty, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• Grant Barrett (2020) , “Tiger Tail”, in A Way with Words?^[2], episode 1540, 42:20 from the start

Anagrams

• dittays