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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoity-toity
Hoi′ty-toiˊty
,Adj.
[From
Hoit
.] Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing;
as, to be in
; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt. hoity-toity
spirits, or to assume hoity-toity
airsHoity-toity
! What have I to do with dreams? Congreve.