Definitions for la-di-daˈlɑ diˈdɑ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

la-di-da*ˈlɑ diˈdɑ

or la-de-da

  1. affected; pretentious:

    a la-di-da manner.

* adj..

Origin of la-di-da:

1880–85; imit. of affected speech

Princeton's WordNet

  1. grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da(adj)

    affectedly genteel

Wiktionary

  1. la-di-da(Adjective)

    Disdainful description of pretension or haughtiness.

    She was all la-di-da, with her nose in the air, and we're all struggling not to laugh because that would be gauche.

  2. la-di-da(Interjection)

    Expression of disdain for pretension or haughtiness.

    "Well la-di-da, aren't you the impressive personage, with a feather in your hair yet."


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