Adjective: hoity-toity 'hoy-tee'toy-tee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
"It might be a bit of an arty lifestyle, but it's not a hoity-toity, fashionable life";
- grandiose, hifalutin [informal], highfalutin [informal], highfaluting [informal], la-di-da [informal], lah-di-dah [informal], la-de-da [informal]
See also: pretentious
Encyclopedia: Hoity-toity