hoity-toity
Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish,…Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty.
/ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti/
Meaning
1 senses(dated, obsolete)Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty.
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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