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Definition of hoity-toity adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hoity-toity

adjective

NAmE//ˌhɔɪt̮i ˈtɔɪt̮i//

(old-fashioned) (informal)

behaving in a way that suggests that you think you are more important than other people

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