hoity-toity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the archaic verb hoit (“to play the fool; to behave thoughtlessly and frivolously”).
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Adjective[edit]
hoity-toity (comparative hoity-toitier, superlative hoity-toitiest)
- Pompous, self-important and snobbish.
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Interjection[edit]
hoity-toity
- (dated) Expressing surprise or disapprobation.