hoity-toity的词源

英文词源

hoity-toity

also hoity toity, 1660s, "riotous behavior," from earlier highty tighty "frolicsome, flighty," perhaps an alteration and reduplication of dialectal hoyting "acting the hoyden, romping" (1590s), see hoyden. Sense of "haughty" first recorded late 1800s, probably on similarity of sound.

中文词源

hoity-toity：装模作样的

来自古词hoit,玩弄，戏弄。引申词义装模作样的。

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