HOITY-TOITY


Meaning of HOITY-TOITY in English

[hoi.ty-toi.ty] n [rhyming compound fr. E dial. hoit to play the fool] (1668): thoughtless giddy behavior

[2]hoity-toity adj (1690) 1: thoughtlessly silly or frivolous: flighty

2: marked by an air of assumed importance: highfalutin

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.