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Definitions for hoity-toity
ˈhɔɪ tiˈtɔɪ tihoity-toity

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-daadjective

    affectedly genteel

Wiktionary

  1. hoity-toityadjective

    Pompous, self-important and snobbish.

  2. Etymology: From the archaic verb hoit

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hoity-toityadjective

    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

  2. Etymology: [From Hoit.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hoity-toity

    hoi′ti-toi′ti, interj. an exclamation of surprise or disapprobation.—adj. giddy, gay, noisy.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoity-toity in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoity-toity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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