slovo | definícia |
hoity-toity (encz) | hoity-toity,nafoukaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hoity-toity (encz) | hoity-toity,zpupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hoity-toity (gcide) | Hoity-toity \Hoi"ty-toi`ty\, a. [From Hoit.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? --Congreve.
[1913 Webster] |
hoity-toity (wn) | hoity-toity
adj 1: affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin,
highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Hoity-toity (gcide) | Hoity-toity \Hoi"ty-toi`ty\, a. [From Hoit.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? --Congreve.
[1913 Webster] |
|