hoity-toity
hoity-toity · more hoity-toity · most hoity-toity
Flightily, giddilyFlightily, giddily.
/ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti/
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete)Flightily, giddily.
(obsolete)Merrily, in a noisy manner.
Origin
Probably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (sufProbably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective.
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Forms
more hoity-toity, most hoity-toity| Comparative | more hoity-toity Lesson |
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| Superlative | most hoity-toity |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.