adj · adv · intj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɔɪti
1
adj
Meaning 1
Affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation; pompous, self-important, snobbish; often displaying a feeling of patronizing self-aggrandizing or arrogant class superiority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Flighty, giddy, silly; also, merry in a noisy manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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3
adv
Meaning 3
Flightily, giddily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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4
adv
Meaning 4
Merrily, in a noisy manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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5
intj
Meaning 5
Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, obsolete
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Behaviour adopted to demonstrate one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour; airs and graces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Probably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
надменен
(nadmenen)
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Bulgarian:
префърцунен
(prefǎrcunen)
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Czech:
hogofogo
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Czech:
hogo fogo
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Finnish:
koppava
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
German:
etepetete
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Macedonian:
на́дмен
(nádmen)
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Macedonian:
на́дуен
(náduen)
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Polish:
ą-ę
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Romanian:
arogant
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Romanian:
încrezut
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Romanian:
îngâmfat
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Swedish:
pompös
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Swedish:
snobbig
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Swedish:
uppblåst
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Welsh:
ffroenuchel
— affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation — see also pompous, snobbish, high-sounding
Finnish:
onpa koppavaa
— expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty
Welsh:
twt-twt
— expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty
Welsh:
hoiti-toiti
— expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty
Russian:
хорохорство
(xoroxorstvo)
Finnish:
heitukka
— young woman regarded as flighty, giddy, or silly
