biggety

adjective

big·​ge·​ty ˈbi-gə-tē 

variants or biggity

1

Southern US and Midland US : conceited, vain

2

Southern US and Midland US : rudely self-important : impudent

never acted biggety in court, but she would bow her head only so low

—Claude Brown

Synonyms

• assured
• bigheaded
• complacent
• conceited
• consequential
• egoistic
• egoistical
• egotistic
• egotistical
• important
• overweening
• pompous
• prideful
• proud
• self-conceited
• self-important
• self-opinionated
• self-satisfied
• smug
• stuck-up
• swellheaded
• vain
• vainglorious

Examples of biggety in a Sentence

he's gotten biggety since he got promoted to director of sales

Word History

Etymology

big + -ety (as in persnickety)

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1