hoity-toity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite affectedly genteel
    grandiose; highfalutin; la-di-da; highfaluting; hifalutin.

WordNet

Hoi"ty-toi`ty adjective
Etymology
From Hoit.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913