Definition of "hoity-toity" []

• Pretentiously self-important; pompous. (adjective)
• Given to frivolity or silliness. (adjective)

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• "The Dursley friends recieved the packet you sent by Parcel, and are all hoity-toity, and so could I, was I going to ride home with them."
• "It has allowed Mrs. Palin to dismiss any criticism of her—no matter how straightforward—as yet more hostility from opponents, or as hoity-toity blather from inside-the-Beltway mopes."
• "These/You people (lawyers) are an elitist, hoity-toity club."