Date:  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 12:50:50 CST

From:  Joan Hall <jdhall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Brigidy



Thanks, Dennis, for plugging DARE with reference to _gaumy._ DARE is also

the place to go for _brigidy_. We entered it under the spelling _briggity_,

but have also found it spelled brickaty, brigaty, brigetty, briggidy, and

brigity, with the superlative bricketyest as well. It means

'self-assertive, conceited, headstrong,' and is found chiefly in the

southern Appalachians. We think it's probably a variant of biggity.



Joan Hall, DARE