the meaning of 'hincty'

[D Prevatt]

Can't find it in any of my dictionaries, which include the NODE and a pretty
large Websters. Came across it in an American novel. Someone was described
as hincty. Any help much appreciated.

DPrevatt

[Cheryl L Perkins]

D Prevatt (DJ_Pr...@yahoo.com) wrote:
: Can't find it in any of my dictionaries, which include the NODE and a pretty

: large Websters. Came across it in an American novel. Someone was described
: as hincty. Any help much appreciated.

: DPrevatt

Try 'hinky'. I've seen this used to mean 'suspicious'. It's supposed to be
police jargon. For example, if a police officer is called to the scene of
an accidental death, he may think that the scene is hinky - in other
words, he suspects that it is really a murder.

Cheryl
--
Cheryl Perkins
cper...@stemnet.nf.ca

[Richard Fontana]

From The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993):
hincty. US slang. E20. [Origin unkn.] Conceited, snobbish, stuck-up.

Never heard it before myself.

RF

[Ross Howard]

On 27 Jan 1999 23:30:57 GMT, cper...@stemnet.nf.ca (Cheryl L Perkins)
wrote:

>Try 'hinky'. I've seen this used to mean 'suspicious'. It's supposed to be
>police jargon. For example, if a police officer is called to the scene of
>an accidental death, he may think that the scene is hinky - in other
>words, he suspects that it is really a murder.

Cue a long-overdue repost of Jimbo's "fishy/carp" joke, which was so
warmly received the first time round.

Give it a go, Jim. After all, you're an RR now. You never know -- they
might even laugh this time.

Ross H.

[Joseph C Fineman]

Richard Fontana <rf...@sparky.cs.nyu.edu> writes:

>From The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993):

>hincty. US slang. E20. [Origin unkn.] Conceited, snobbish, stuck-
>up.

>Never heard it before myself.

I would be inclined to say regional (southern) or dialect rather than
slang. There is also a variant "hancty":

At some point in the evening, one of the officers' wives got a
little hancty with one of the enlisted men's wives about being
married to an officer and all.

-- Stephen Gaskin

--- Joe Fineman j...@world.std.com

||: Living too long is more to be dreaded than dying too soon. :||

[Donna Richoux]

Joseph C Fineman <j...@world.std.com> wrote:

> I would be inclined to say regional (southern) or dialect rather than
> slang. There is also a variant "hancty":
>
> At some point in the evening, one of the officers' wives got a
> little hancty with one of the enlisted men's wives about being
> married to an officer and all.

The Pocket Dictionary of American Slang (1968) supports both meanings
that have been offered so far, suspicious and snobbish, and adds
another. What it says is:

"hinkty, hincty. adj. 1. suspicious. 2. pompous, overbearing. -> 3. A
white person. All usage Negro. 4. snobbish, aloof. Mainly Negro use."

Best wishes --- Donna Richoux