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1. (adj.) hoity-toity
pretentious; haughty.
2. hoity-toity
giddy; flighty.
3. (n.) hoity-toity
hoity-toity behavior.
Etymology: (1660–70; rhyming compound based on hoit to romp, riot (now obs.))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da
affectedly genteel
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) hoity-toity
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
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