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Word of the day
for August 4
hoity-toity n
  1. (uncountable, archaic) Behaviour adopted to demonstrate one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour; airs and graces.
  2. (uncountable, obsolete) Flighty, giddy, or silly behaviour; also, noisy merriment.
  3. (countable, British, dialectal) A young woman regarded as flighty, giddy, or silly.

hoity-toity adj

  1. Affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation; pompous, self-important, snobbish.
  2. (obsolete) Flighty, giddy, silly; also, merry in a noisy manner.

hoity-toity adv (obsolete)

  1. Flightily, giddily.
  2. Merrily, in a noisy manner.

hoity-toity interj

  1. (dated) Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty.

Twins Days in Twinsburg, Ohio, USA, said to be the world’s largest annual gathering of biological twins and other multiple births, is held this year from August 4 to 6, 2023. In the spirit of this event, Wiktionary is featuring a series of terms formed by reduplication.

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