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Adjective: hoity-toity  'hoy-tee'toy-tee
Usage: informal
  1. Affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
    "The staff found it difficult to deal with the hoity-toity snooty clients";
    - 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