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Dicty vs Dicky - What's the difference?

dicty | dicky |

As a proper noun dicty

is diminutive of dictyostelium discoideum ( a soil social amoeba ).

As a noun dicky is

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As an adjective dicky is

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dicty

English

Alternative forms

* dickty

Adjective

(er)
  • (African American Vernacular English) stylish and respectable; high-class
  • (African American Vernacular English) striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious
  • (African American Vernacular English) snobbish and uptight
  • Noun

    (dicties)
  • (African American Vernacular English) An upper-class black.
  • Synonyms

    * (high-class) chic, classy, ritzy * (pretentious) flashy, showy * (snobbish) haughty, hoity-toity, snobby, snooty, stuck-up

    dicky

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Richard.