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   hoity-toity

   /hɔɪtɪˈtɔɪti/

   adjective

   • 1. haughty or snobbish: "the moneyed, hoity-toity inhabitants of the island"

   Word 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.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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