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highty-tighty, int., a., and n.|ˈhaɪtɪˈtaɪtɪ|
[A variant of hoity-toity, q.v. app. sometimes associated in idea with high, height, or with tight, and modified in use accordingly. The pronunc. of oi as i, as in ile, bile = oil, boil, was formerly prevalent.]
A. int. An ejaculation expressing contemptuous surprise or anger: see hoity-toity.
1747W. Horsley Fool II. 168 Heyty titey, very fine truly. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xlvi, ‘Why, highty tighty, sir!’ cried Mrs. Gamp, ‘is these your manners?’ 1866Cornh. Mag. May 565 ‘Highty-tighty; what a much ado about nothing!’ said the old lady.
B. adj. Petulant, huffy; supercilious.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair xviii, ‘La, William, don't be so highty-tighty with us. We're not men. We can't fight you’, Miss Jane said. 1855― Newcomes xlii, You know very well what I mean, sir! Don't try to turn me off in that highty-tighty way.
C. † n. (See quots.) Obs. (or dial.)
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Hightetity, a Ramp or Rude Girl. 1725in New Cant. Dict. 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. T., Heighty toity, a hoydon, or romping girl. [1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Highty-tighty, a see-saw.] |