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[syn: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hoity-toity
adj 1: affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin,
highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]