Hoity-toity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hoity-toity
       adj : affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin}, {highfalutin},
              {highfaluting}, {la-di-da}]