hoity-toity
adjective
[ hɔɪtɪˈtɔɪti ]
• haughty or snobbish.
• "the moneyed, hoity-toity inhabitants of the island"
Similar:
snobbish,
haughty,
condescending,
disdainful,
patronizing,
snobby,
conceited,
proud,
arrogant,
supercilious,
superior,
imperious,
above oneself,
self-important,
overweening,
lordly,
lofty,
high and mighty,
snooty,
uppity,
uppish,
la-di-da,
toffee-nosed,
posh,
Origin:
mid 17th century (as noun in the sense ‘boisterous or silly behaviour’, then as adjective meaning ‘lively and playful’): from obsolete hoit ‘indulge in riotous mirth’, of unknown origin.
