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Definition of Hoity-toity
1. Adjective. Affectedly genteel.
Similar to: Pretentious
Derivative terms: Grandiosity
Definition of Hoity-toity
1. Adjective. Pompous, self-important and snobbish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoity-toity
Literary usage of Hoity-toity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"»ame key Shakespeare unlocked hie heart ! ' "— " hoity-toity ! A street to explore,
Your house the exception ! ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"Hence hoity-toity, and in a somewhat weaker sense hey-day, are frequently ...
hoity-toity ! Well to be sure ! We have in this exclamation the origin of Fr. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"This word is derived from the Gaelic aite, joy, gladness, fun, and appears to be
related to the English hoity-toity. for the designation of a person whose ..."
4. Golden Sheaves Gathered from the Fields of Ancient and Modern Literature by Horace A. Cleveland (1869)
"Then Hoity Toity sat down again, and looked rather sadly at -one little leaf left
... But Hoity Toity saw me looking at him as if I thought him a very fine ..."
5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"hoity-toity. (1^ hoity-toity spirits means high spirits, extremely elated and
flighty. Seiden, in his Table Tulk, says: "In Queen Elizabeth's time gravity ..."
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