Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? --Congreve. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
hoity-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… … Etymology dictionary
hoity-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 … English World dictionary
hoity-toity — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ haughty. ORIGIN originally in the sense «frolicsome, flighty»: from obsolete hoit «indulge in riotous mirth» … English terms dictionary
Hoity 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… … Wikipedia
hoity-toity — Affectedly genteel, pretentiously self important, unduly proud. She is one hoity toity bitch … Dictionary of american slang
hoity-toity — Affectedly genteel, pretentiously self important, unduly proud. She is one hoity toity bitch … Dictionary of american slang
hoity-toity — a bit snobbish, high and mighty Pamela is a classy lady, but she is not snobbish or hoity toity … English idioms
hoity-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.) … From formal English to slang
hoity toity — Synonyms and related words: Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, arrogance, arrogant, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, big, condescendence, condescending, condescension, dizzy, domineering, domineeringness, featherbrained, flighty,… … Moby Thesaurus
hoity-toity — I. noun Etymology: rhyming compound from English dialect hoit to play the fool Date: 1668 thoughtless giddy behavior II. adjective Date: 1812 1. thoughtlessly silly or frivolous ; flighty 2. marked by an air of assumed importance ; … New Collegiate Dictionary
