Hoity-toity Definition
hoitē-toitē
adjective
Haughty; arrogant; condescending.
Webster's New World
Given to frivolity or silliness.
American Heritage
Origin of Hoity-toity
From reduplication of dialectal hoit to romp perhaps akin to hoyden
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the archaic verb hoit (“to play the fool; to behave thoughtlessly and frivolously")
From Wiktionary
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