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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: up

uppity

 adjective
     
up‧pi‧ty also uppish British English informal
behaving as if you are more important than you really are, or not showing someone enough respect:
uppity kids
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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