亚洲网紅露点

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hoity-toity

[ hoi-tee-toi-tee ]

adjective

  1. assuming airs; pretentious; highfalutin; haughty:

    He thinks he's better than we are because he went to one of those hoity-toity private schools.



noun

  1. giddy behavior.

hoity-toity

/ 藢丑蓴瑟迟瑟藞迟蓴瑟迟瑟 /

adjective

  1. informal.
    arrogant or haughty

    we have had enough of her hoity-toity manner

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hoity-toity1

First recorded in 1660鈥70; reduplicated and altered rhyming compound based on hoit 鈥渢o romp, riot, play the fool鈥 (now obsolete)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hoity-toity1

C17: rhyming compound based on C16 hoit to romp, of obscure origin
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鈥淎ll my life, I have been driven by one dream, one goal, one vision,鈥 Chavez told the hoity-toity crowd.

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They don鈥檛 appreciate the hoity-toity who look down on everyone else.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of hoity-toity,鈥 said RJ Adams, an independent photographer from East New York.

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For Nuez, the Federal Way snowboarder who has enjoyed Crystal Mountain, the Ikon Pass price hike reinforces the mountain鈥檚 reputation as catering to 鈥渁 more hoity-toity crowd.鈥

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鈥淭hat鈥檚 how I went up to my hoity-toity apartment before closing.鈥

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