hincty

English

Alternative forms

• hinkty

Etymology

Unknown.

Adjective

hincty (comparative hinctier or more hincty, superlative hinctiest or most hincty)

1. Snobbish; conceited.
   • 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 19:

     “Hincty, thatʼs why. Comes from handling money all day. You notice that? How people who handle money for a living get stuck-up? Like it was theirs instead of yours?”

   • 1982, Ntozake Shange, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, St. Martin's Press, page 40:

     “Crunch beat up some yellow hincty boy who was playing ball on King Street & took a fine leather belt off him.”

Related terms

• hankty
• hinky