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Hoity-toity   /hˈɔɪti-tˈɔɪti/   Listen
Hoity-toity

adjective
1.
Affectedly genteel.  Synonyms: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, la-di-da.





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"Hoity-toity" Quotes from Famous Books



... rendered. Now, I've been considering how I can make the most of the Grand Duchess. LUD. Have you? Well, if you'll take my advice, you'll make a very fine part of it. JULIA. Why, that's quite my idea. LUD. I shouldn't make it one of your hoity-toity vixenish viragoes. JULIA. You think not? LUD. Oh, I'm quite clear about that. I should make her a tender, gentle, submissive, affectionate (but not too affectionate) child-wife—timidly anxious to coil herself into her husband's ...
— The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan - The 14 Gilbert And Sullivan Plays • William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
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Words linked to "Hoity-toity" :   hifalutin, pretentious, highfalutin, la-di-da, highfaluting, grandiose


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