hoity-toity

hoi·ty-toi·ty  (hoit-toit)

adj.

1. Pretentiously self-important; pompous.

2. Given to frivolity or silliness.

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[From reduplication of dialectal hoit, to romp; perhaps akin to hoyden.]

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hoity-toity [ˌhɔɪtɪˈtɔɪtɪ]

adj

Informal arrogant or haughty we have had enough of her hoity-toity manner

[rhyming compound based on C16 hoit to romp, of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

hoity-toity - affectedly genteel hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, la-di-da, grandiose pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

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hoity-toity

adjective (Informal) haughty, proud, arrogant, stuck-up (informal), lofty, conceited, snooty (informal), scornful, snobbish, disdainful, supercilious, high and mighty (informal), overweening, toffee-nosed (slang, chiefly Brit.), uppish (Brit. informal) My auntie up from the south was trying to be all hoity-toity.

Translations

hoity-toity [ˈhɔɪtɪˈtɔɪtɪ]

A. ADJ → presumido, engreído

B. EXCL → ¡tate!

hoity-toity [ˌhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti] adj [person] → prétentieux/euse, qui se la donne

hoity-toity (inf)

adj → hochnäsig, eingebildet; she’s gone all hoity-toity → sie markiert die feine Dame (inf); oh hoity-toity, are we? → wohl zu fein für unsereins?

interj → sieh mal einer an (inf)

hoity-toity [ˌhɔɪtɪˈtɔɪtɪ] adj (fam) → altezzoso/a

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hoity-toity [ˌhɔɪtɪˈtɔɪtɪ] adj (fam) → altezzoso/a