dicty
See also: Dicty
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Adjective edit
dicty (comparative dictier, superlative dictiest)
- (African-American Vernacular) stylish and respectable; high-class
- (African-American Vernacular) striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious
- (African-American Vernacular) snobbish and uptight
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man[1], Dial, published 1965:
- We had already decided that he'd have to move in with Isabel and her folks. I knew this wasn't the ideal arrangement because Isabel's folks are inclined to be dicty and they hadn't especially wanted Isabel to marry me. But I didn't know what else to do.
Noun edit
dicty (plural dicties)