hoity-toity
(uncountable, obsolete) Flighty, giddy, or silly behaviour; also, noisy merriment.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(uncountable, obsolete) Flighty, giddy, or silly behaviour; also, noisy merriment.
(noisy merriment):
Heard in the wild
“Not the usual class of Spam at all. <HOITY-TOITY EMOJI>”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(countable, Britain, dialectal) A young woman regarded as flighty, giddy, or silly.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(uncountable, archaic) Behaviour adopted to demonstrate one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour; airs and graces.
Origin: Probably from , with a change of the initial . The is attested earlier than the adjective. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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