Unscramble

b 3 i 1 g 2 g 2 i 1 t 1 y 4

7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

originApparently from big + -ed + -y, a compound suffix used to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”; compare uppity. Alternately, perhaps from big + -ety, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words; compare hot diggety, hippity-hop. Attested in the Southern United States since the late nineteenth century. Commonly reanalyzed as bigot + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

← Back to unscrambler