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Definition of hoity-toity adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hoity-toity

adjective
 
/ˌhɔɪti ˈtɔɪti/
 
/ˌhɔɪti ˈtɔɪti/
(informal)
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  1. behaving in a way that suggests that you think you are more important than other people
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (as noun in the sense ‘boisterous or silly behaviour’, then as adjective meaning ‘lively and playful’): from obsolete hoit ‘indulge in riotous mirth’, of unknown origin.
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