"The worst faults I had in my prime were conceit and uppishness, but they only came from my ignorance.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
It was known that they were a sort of cousins; and, moreover, Jack Sandys was generally popular, though only in his first year, because he was free from any touch of uppishness, and of an imperturbable good-humour.
"Watersprings"
Arthur Christopher Benson
And the uppishness, I am afraid, is a national fault, Sir; you know our state motto is 'Excelsior.
"Queechy, Volume II"
Elizabeth Wetherell