uppishness
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It is this ignorant uppishness that does the mischief.
From Treatise on Parents and Children by Bernard Shaw
Ye observe, it was only to throw cold water on the unthrifty flame of a mother’s pride that I said this, and to pull down uppishness from its heathenish temple in the heart, head-foremost.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir
"Curse it all!" said Mr. Ludolph, with much irritation; "I thought there would be trouble with your uppishness."
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
The husband saw and felt their coldness towards his wife, while Mrs. Phillips filled his ears with complaints of their uppishness, and their disagreeable ways.
From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Catherine Helen Spence
This would trouble and irritate some people; the sublime equanimity of the hired boatman under the ordeal affords us a beautiful lesson against ambition and uppishness.
From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
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