Associations to the word «Uppishness»

Adverb

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Wiktionary

UPPISHNESS, noun. The state, or an instance, of being uppish.

Dictionary definition

UPPISHNESS, noun. Assumption of airs beyond one's station.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats