Hoity-toity \Hoi"ty-toi`ty\, a. [From Hoit.]
Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as,
to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs;
used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or
disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
[1913 Webster]
Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? --Congreve.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hoity-toity
adj : affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin,
highfaluting, la-di-da]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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