See uppity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exceeding one's station, refusing to submit",
"word": "uppstudsig"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Joel Chandler Harris"
],
"word": "uppity"
}
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