hoity-toity

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hoity-toity
    adj 1: affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin},
           {highfalutin}, {highfaluting}, {hoity-toity}, {la-di-da}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hoity-toity \Hoi"ty-toi`ty\, a. [From {Hoit}.]
   Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as,
   to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs;
   used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or
   disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
   [1913 Webster]

         Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? --Congreve.
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