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词汇 dicty
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Definition of dicty in English:

dicty

adjective ˈdɪktiˈdɪkti
US informal
  • Ostentatiously stylish; pretentious.

    〈美,黑人俚语〉时髦的,虚华的;炫耀的

    up there in their dicty Detroit suburb living the so-called good life

    在他们那表面豪华的底特律郊区过着所谓的好日子。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus, I have a hard time seeing how ditzy/ditsy might have been derived from dicty.
    • However, it in no way hampers the author's incisive analysis of the ‘dicty,’ African-American bourgeois.
    • If she was rejected by an elite and urban northern black community, she also reviled them, scorning their white lifestyle as ‘dicty’ (a pejorative coinage).
    Synonyms
    affected, ostentatious, chichi, showy, flashy, tinselly, conspicuous, flaunty, tasteless, kitschy

Origin

Early 20th century: of unknown origin.

Definition of dicty in US English:

dicty

adjectiveˈdiktēˈdɪkti
US informal
  • (chiefly in African-American usage) ostentatiously stylish; pretentious.

    up there in their dicty Detroit suburb living the so-called good life

    在他们那表面豪华的底特律郊区过着所谓的好日子。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If she was rejected by an elite and urban northern black community, she also reviled them, scorning their white lifestyle as ‘dicty’ (a pejorative coinage).
    • However, it in no way hampers the author's incisive analysis of the ‘dicty,’ African-American bourgeois.
    • Thus, I have a hard time seeing how ditzy/ditsy might have been derived from dicty.
    Synonyms
    affected, ostentatious, chichi, showy, flashy, tinselly, conspicuous, flaunty, tasteless, kitschy

Origin

Early 20th century: of unknown origin.

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