hoity-toity

Speech parts

1. hoity-toity - Noun

2. hoity-toity - Adjective

3. hoity-toity - Adverb

4. hoity-toity - Interjection

5. hoity-toity - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Alternative names

hoity toity

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Examples

See, I thought that Jay has had too many high class, very hoity-toity guests on this week. And I wanted to bring everything down a notch or two. Megan Mullally

Ann Arbor has deservedly earned a reputation as a gourmand’s paradise, with a thriving gastro scene of eating and drinking establishments that run the gamut from cozy and low-key to hoity-toity and upscale. Source: Internet

Annie Carson returns for her third ride in “Runaway Murder” (Kensington) next month, leaving her own Olympic Peninsula stables for the hoity-toity (and presumably deadly) world of dressage. Source: Internet

We heard ribald tales of what that trip consisted of, culminating in a Russian orchestra playing “Hang On Sloopy” at a hoity-toity event. Source: Internet

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