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Thesaurus: hoity-toity

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.

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  1. a. 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.
  2. adj. affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
  3. 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. Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams Congreve.
  4. Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, tobe in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used alsoas an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with somedegree of contempt.Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams Congreve.
  5. j:100 s affectedly genteel