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Definition of Jumped-up
1. Adjective. (British informal) upstart.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Similar to: Pretentious
Definition of Jumped-up
1. Adjective. (idiomatic pejorative) Describes a person who thinks or acts as if he/she is superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, pretending to be of a higher class or having greater authority than he/she has in reality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumped-up
Literary usage of Jumped-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"Then he jumped up in the air three times and cracked his heels together every time.
HB flung off a buckskin coat that was all hung with fringes, and says, ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1821)
"Yes, that she had jumped up, or got up. Wh at is the English of that taken all
together? Hohe is height, which will make, she is in the height, ..."
3. 'Up the Country': Letters Written to Her Sister from the Upper Provinces of by Emily Eden (1866)
"... jumped up was just like a statue coming to life. His father is very fond of him,
... jumped up ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"They made fun of him till he got mad and jumped up and begun to cuss the crowd,
and said he could lam any thief in the lot. They was all about to make a ..."
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