Word of the Day – Bigsie

Bigsie (adj) (Scots)

big-zee

Having an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance; arrogant, pretentious, conceited.

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Aberdeen Weekly Journal. From big + Scots -sie, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘somewhat, rather’.

Example sentences

“I’ve had enough of his bigsie blether.”