HOITY-TOITY


Meaning of HOITY-TOITY in English

/hoy"tee toy"tee/ , adj.

1. assuming airs; pretentious; haughty.

2. giddy; flighty.

n.

3. giddy behavior.

[ 1660-70; rhyming compound based on hoit to romp, riot (now obs.) ]

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