hoity-toity
1Hoity-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… …
2hoity-toity — also hoity toity, 1660s, riotous behavior, from earlier highty tighty frolicsome, flighty, perhaps an alteration and reduplication of dial. hoyting acting the hoyden, romping (1590s), see HOYDEN (Cf. hoyden). Sense of haughty first recorded late… …
3hoity-toity — [hoit′ē toit′ē] adj. [redupl. of obs. hoit, to indulge in noisy mirth] 1. Brit. giddy or flighty; capricious 2. haughty; arrogant; condescending 3. petulant; touchy; huffy n. hoity toity behavior …
4hoity-toity — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ haughty. ORIGIN originally in the sense «frolicsome, flighty»: from obsolete hoit «indulge in riotous mirth» …
5Hoity Toity — Infobox Game image link= subject name=Hoity Toity designer= Klaus Teuber publisher= Überplay players=2 to 6 ages=12 years and up setup time=approx. 5 minutes playing time=> 45 minutes complexity=Low strategy=Medium random chance= Card shuffling… …
6hoity-toity — Affectedly genteel, pretentiously self important, unduly proud. She is one hoity toity bitch …
7hoity-toity — Affectedly genteel, pretentiously self important, unduly proud. She is one hoity toity bitch …
8hoity-toity — a bit snobbish, high and mighty Pamela is a classy lady, but she is not snobbish or hoity toity …
9hoity-toity — hoi•ty toi•ty [[t]ˈhɔɪ tiˈtɔɪ ti[/t]] adj. 1) pretentious; haughty 2) giddy; flighty 3) hoity toity behavior • Etymology: 1660–70; rhyming compound based on hoit to romp, riot (now obs.) …
10hoity toity — Synonyms and related words: Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, arrogance, arrogant, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, big, condescendence, condescending, condescension, dizzy, domineering, domineeringness, featherbrained, flighty,… …