dicty

stylish and respectable; high-class

striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious

snobbish and uptight

We had already decided that he'd have to move in with Isabel and her folks. I knew this wasn't the ideal arrangement because Isabel's folks are inclined to be dicty and they hadn't especially wanted Isabel to marry me. But I didn't know what else to do.

An upper-class black.