astorperious

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After the Astor family.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌæstə(ɹ)ˈpɪəɹi.əs/

Adjective[edit]

astorperious (comparative more astorperious, superlative most astorperious)

  1. (US, slang, dated, rare, African-American Vernacular) stuck up; haughty
    • 1942, Zora Neale Hurston, A story in Harlem slang:
      Too blamed astorperious. I just don't pay you no mind. Lay de skin on me!
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