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big·gi·ty

also big·ge·ty  (bĭg′ĭ-tē)
adj. Informal
Self-important; conceited.

[From big.]
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biggity

(ˈbɪɡɪtɪ)
adj, -tier or -tiest
informal conceited
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big•gi•ty

or big•ge•ty

(ˈbɪg ɪ ti)

adj. Southern U.S.
conceited or self-important.
[1875–80; big + -ity, probably as in uppity]
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(10) Assigned the lowest rung in the overall racial hierarchy, African Americans dared not manifest any hint of refusing their allocated "place." (11) Mild reprobation for doing so might carry forth in a charge of their being "impudent," "uppity," "biggity," "out of their place," etc.; but if the infraction be deemed sufficiently injurious, a more serious chastisement might arrive in the form of a death sentence.