highty-tightyint.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪtɪˈtʌɪti/, U.S.

/ˈˌhaɪdiˈtaɪdi/

Forms: 1600s heighty-tity, 1600s–1700s highte-tity, 1700s heighty-toity, 1700s heyty-titey, 1700s– highty-tighty, 1800s hayty-tayty (English regional (Lincolnshire)), 1800s– hitey-titey, 1800s– hity-tity, 1800s– ighty-tighty (English regional), 1900s– highty-tighter (English regional (Lincolnshire)), 1900s– 'ighty-tighty (chiefly English regional).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: hoity-toity int.; hoity-toity n.

Etymology: Variant of hoity-toity int. and hoity-toity n. (see note), apparently partly influenced in form by height n. (or high adj.) and tight adj.Compare also the widespread English regional realizations of oi as /ʌi/ or /ai/ (compare J. Wright Eng. Dial. Gram. (1905) §213).

A. int.

Expressing contemptuous surprise or annoyance; = hoity-toity int. Now rare.In quot. 1998 perhaps echoing quot. 1844.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection]

prut?c1300

trutc1330

truptc1380

ahaa1400

tushc1440

puff1481

quotha?1520

ah?1526

ta ha1528

twish1577

blurt1592

gip1592

pish1592

tantia1593

(God) bless (also save) the mark1593

phah1593

marry come up1597

mew1600

pooh1600

marry muff1602

pew waw1602

ptish1602

pew1604

push1605

pshaw1607

tuh1607

pea1608

poh1650

pooh pooh1694

hoity-toity1695

highty-tighty1699

quoz?1780

indeed1834

shuck1847

skidoo1906

suck1913

zut1915

yah boo1921

pooey1927

ptui1930

snubs1934

upya1941

yah boo sucks1980

the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > exclamation expressing anger [interjection]

what a (also the) murrainc1560

go with a murrain1573

how a murrain1575

twish1577

highty-tighty1699

pilule1889

zut1915

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > mingled with contempt

marry come up1597

hoity-toity1695

highty-tighty1699

1699 W. Pinkethman Love without Interest ii. i. 11 Heighty tity! What a Rise is here from breaking of Shins to taking of Towns!

1721 T. Odell Chimera i. i. 9 What can I have done with my Papers?..Highty-tighty! I can't have left 'em at home.

1747 Fool (1748) II. 168 Heyty titey, very fine truly.

1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlvi. 529 ‘Why, highty tighty, sir!’ cried Mrs. Gamp, ‘is these your manners?’

1866 Cornhill Mag. May 565 ‘Highty-tighty; what a much ado about nothing!’ said the old lady.

1908 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Sept. 3/2 'Ighty-tighty, she turns that red.

1998 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Feb. 4 He claimed the custodian's name was a hard one to rhyme with. Highty-tighty, sir!

B. n.

†1. cant. A noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a hoyden. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [noun] > boisterous liveliness > boisterous woman

rouncival1596

rouncy1647

hoyden1676

highty-tighty1699

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hightetity, a Ramp or Rude Girl.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Heighty toity, a hoydon, or romping girl.

2. English regional (chiefly Lincolnshire). A see-saw. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [noun]

merry-totter1440

wild mare1600

titter-totter1790

see-saw1824

highty-tighty1825

rantipole1854

teeter1855

joggling-board1883

teeter-totter1959

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. p. xv Hayty Tayty, Highty-tity, a board or pole, resting, in the middle only, on some elevated place and balanced so that two persons, one sitting on each end, may move up and down alternately by striking the ground with the feet. It is sometimes called simply a Tayty.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Highty-tighty, a see-saw.

1903 Notes & Queries 22 Aug. 151/2 In North-West Lincolnshire a see-saw is frequently termed a highly-tight, a highty-tighter, or highty.

C. adj.

1. Esp. of a young woman: flighty, frivolous; = hoity-toity adj. a. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective]

ramping1484

rampish1530

frolic?1548

prankya1556

hoiting1594

tricksy1598

tida1641

frolickish1660

romping1662

hoity-toity1690

rompish1696

frolicsome1699

friskful1728

highty-tighty1737

frolicky1748

prankish1776

rollicking1786

prankfula1795

pranksome1810

tricksome1815

espiègle1816

larkish1823

skylarking1826

larking1828

rompy1838

larky1841

rollicksome1841

Pucklike1845

rollicky1846

frolicful1848

larksome1871

puckish1874

horseplayish1882

frolicking1887

tricksical1889

shenaniganning1924

1737 E. Ravenscroft London-cuckolds i. i. 8 A little laughing, gigling, highty-tighty [1682 highty, tighty], pratling, gossiping Wife.

1796 J. Roach London Pocket Pilot (new ed.) ii. 51 The highty tighty volubility of the master.

a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xiv. 143 You can't trust 'em they 're such highty-tighty critters.

1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 105/1 She's too highty-tighty to mek 'im a good wife.

1924 Woman's World (Chicago) Oct. 13/3 Your Cleo strikes me as a rattlebrained, highty-tighty little piece.

1966 G. Heyer Black Sheep ix. 132 Her highty-tighty young sister was quite capable of setting the town in an uproar by dining with him at York House.

2. Petulant, touchy; (also, now chiefly) haughty, supercilious; = hoity-toity adj. b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]

taunt?a1534

cocket1537

fastuous?1591

cobbing1599

whalebone1602

airy1606

fastigious1625

flatuous1630

high and mighty1633

vapouring1647

flatulent1658

hoity-toity1690

jackanapish1696

superior1711

penseful1788

uppish1789

pensy1790

stuck-up1812

glorified1821

toploftical1823

pretentious1832

sophomoric1837

highty-tighty1847

snippy1848

jumped-up1852

set-up1856

toplofty1859

cock-aloft1861

high-tone1864

high-toned1866

pretensivea1868

fancy-pants1870

hunched1870

snotty1870

head-in-air1880

uppity1880

jackanapsian1881

airified1882

sidey1898

posh1914

upstage1918

snooty1919

high-hatted1924

hincty1924

snot-nosed1941

posho1989

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]

stomaching1579

pepper-nosed1580

ticklish1581

touchy1602

sensible1613

touchousa1618

tender1641

tickly1661

indigestive1670

snuffy1678

huffy1680

snuffish1689

sorea1694

mifty1699

resentive1710

sensitive1735

uppish1778

miffish1790

miffy1810

stomachy1825

porcupinish1829

insultable1841

offensible1846

highty-tighty1847

prickly1853

fuffy1858

piquable1860

offendable1864

raw1864

ear-sore1865

uffish1871

porcupiny1890

feisty1896

ticklish-tempered1897

toey1930

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xviii. 156 ‘La, William, don't be so highty tighty with us. We're not men. We can't fight you,’ Miss Jane said.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. iv. 35 You know very well what I mean, sir! Don't try to turn me off in that highty-tighty way.

1895 Cassell's Mag. Apr. 394 Now he's a bin māde [sic] superintendent of police, is that ighty-tighty, you wouldn't believe.

1923 Crisis Sept. 209/1 You sailing about me with your pitying ways and your highty-tighty manner.

1944 S. H. Adams Canal Town xi. 365 Our highty-tighty, high-and-mighty banking man might be due for a surprise, too.

2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xv. 393 You mudder don' like to tell you since she got all hitey-titey, but de Bowden family have had it hard long time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	highty-tighty
释义	highty-tightyint.n.adj. Brit. /ˌhʌɪtɪˈtʌɪti/, U.S. /ˈˌhaɪdiˈtaɪdi/ Forms: 1600s heighty-tity, 1600s–1700s highte-tity, 1700s heighty-toity, 1700s heyty-titey, 1700s– highty-tighty, 1800s hayty-tayty (English regional (Lincolnshire)), 1800s– hitey-titey, 1800s– hity-tity, 1800s– ighty-tighty (English regional), 1900s– highty-tighter (English regional (Lincolnshire)), 1900s– 'ighty-tighty (chiefly English regional). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: hoity-toity int.; hoity-toity n. Etymology: Variant of hoity-toity int. and hoity-toity n. (see note), apparently partly influenced in form by height n. (or high adj.) and tight adj.Compare also the widespread English regional realizations of oi as /ʌi/ or /ai/ (compare J. Wright Eng. Dial. Gram. (1905) §213). A. int. Expressing contemptuous surprise or annoyance; = hoity-toity int. Now rare.In quot. 1998 perhaps echoing quot. 1844. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection] prut?c1300 trutc1330 truptc1380 ahaa1400 tushc1440 puff1481 quotha?1520 ah?1526 ta ha1528 twish1577 blurt1592 gip1592 pish1592 tantia1593 (God) bless (also save) the mark1593 phah1593 marry come up1597 mew1600 pooh1600 marry muff1602 pew waw1602 ptish1602 pew1604 push1605 pshaw1607 tuh1607 pea1608 poh1650 pooh pooh1694 hoity-toity1695 highty-tighty1699 quoz?1780 indeed1834 shuck1847 skidoo1906 suck1913 zut1915 yah boo1921 pooey1927 ptui1930 snubs1934 upya1941 yah boo sucks1980 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > exclamation expressing anger [interjection] what a (also the) murrainc1560 go with a murrain1573 how a murrain1575 twish1577 highty-tighty1699 pilule1889 zut1915 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > mingled with contempt marry come up1597 hoity-toity1695 highty-tighty1699 1699 W. Pinkethman Love without Interest ii. i. 11 Heighty tity! What a Rise is here from breaking of Shins to taking of Towns! 1721 T. Odell Chimera i. i. 9 What can I have done with my Papers?..Highty-tighty! I can't have left 'em at home. 1747 Fool (1748) II. 168 Heyty titey, very fine truly. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlvi. 529 ‘Why, highty tighty, sir!’ cried Mrs. Gamp, ‘is these your manners?’ 1866 Cornhill Mag. May 565 ‘Highty-tighty; what a much ado about nothing!’ said the old lady. 1908 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Sept. 3/2 'Ighty-tighty, she turns that red. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Feb. 4 He claimed the custodian's name was a hard one to rhyme with. Highty-tighty, sir! B. n. †1. cant. A noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a hoyden. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [noun] > boisterous liveliness > boisterous woman rouncival1596 rouncy1647 hoyden1676 highty-tighty1699 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hightetity, a Ramp or Rude Girl. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Heighty toity, a hoydon, or romping girl. 2. English regional (chiefly Lincolnshire). A see-saw. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [noun] merry-totter1440 wild mare1600 titter-totter1790 see-saw1824 highty-tighty1825 rantipole1854 teeter1855 joggling-board1883 teeter-totter1959 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. p. xv Hayty Tayty, Highty-tity, a board or pole, resting, in the middle only, on some elevated place and balanced so that two persons, one sitting on each end, may move up and down alternately by striking the ground with the feet. It is sometimes called simply a Tayty. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Highty-tighty, a see-saw. 1903 Notes & Queries 22 Aug. 151/2 In North-West Lincolnshire a see-saw is frequently termed a highly-tight, a highty-tighter, or highty. C. adj. 1. Esp. of a young woman: flighty, frivolous; = hoity-toity adj. a. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective] ramping1484 rampish1530 frolic?1548 prankya1556 hoiting1594 tricksy1598 tida1641 frolickish1660 romping1662 hoity-toity1690 rompish1696 frolicsome1699 friskful1728 highty-tighty1737 frolicky1748 prankish1776 rollicking1786 prankfula1795 pranksome1810 tricksome1815 espiègle1816 larkish1823 skylarking1826 larking1828 rompy1838 larky1841 rollicksome1841 Pucklike1845 rollicky1846 frolicful1848 larksome1871 puckish1874 horseplayish1882 frolicking1887 tricksical1889 shenaniganning1924 1737 E. Ravenscroft London-cuckolds i. i. 8 A little laughing, gigling, highty-tighty [1682 highty, tighty], pratling, gossiping Wife. 1796 J. Roach London Pocket Pilot (new ed.) ii. 51 The highty tighty volubility of the master. a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xiv. 143 You can't trust 'em they 're such highty-tighty critters. 1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 105/1 She's too highty-tighty to mek 'im a good wife. 1924 Woman's World (Chicago) Oct. 13/3 Your Cleo strikes me as a rattlebrained, highty-tighty little piece. 1966 G. Heyer Black Sheep ix. 132 Her highty-tighty young sister was quite capable of setting the town in an uproar by dining with him at York House. 2. Petulant, touchy; (also, now chiefly) haughty, supercilious; = hoity-toity adj. b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] taunt?a1534 cocket1537 fastuous?1591 cobbing1599 whalebone1602 airy1606 fastigious1625 flatuous1630 high and mighty1633 vapouring1647 flatulent1658 hoity-toity1690 jackanapish1696 superior1711 penseful1788 uppish1789 pensy1790 stuck-up1812 glorified1821 toploftical1823 pretentious1832 sophomoric1837 highty-tighty1847 snippy1848 jumped-up1852 set-up1856 toplofty1859 cock-aloft1861 high-tone1864 high-toned1866 pretensivea1868 fancy-pants1870 hunched1870 snotty1870 head-in-air1880 uppity1880 jackanapsian1881 airified1882 sidey1898 posh1914 upstage1918 snooty1919 high-hatted1924 hincty1924 snot-nosed1941 posho1989 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective] stomaching1579 pepper-nosed1580 ticklish1581 touchy1602 sensible1613 touchousa1618 tender1641 tickly1661 indigestive1670 snuffy1678 huffy1680 snuffish1689 sorea1694 mifty1699 resentive1710 sensitive1735 uppish1778 miffish1790 miffy1810 stomachy1825 porcupinish1829 insultable1841 offensible1846 highty-tighty1847 prickly1853 fuffy1858 piquable1860 offendable1864 raw1864 ear-sore1865 uffish1871 porcupiny1890 feisty1896 ticklish-tempered1897 toey1930 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xviii. 156 ‘La, William, don't be so highty tighty with us. We're not men. We can't fight you,’ Miss Jane said. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. iv. 35 You know very well what I mean, sir! Don't try to turn me off in that highty-tighty way. 1895 Cassell's Mag. Apr. 394 Now he's a bin māde [sic] superintendent of police, is that ighty-tighty, you wouldn't believe. 1923 Crisis Sept. 209/1 You sailing about me with your pitying ways and your highty-tighty manner. 1944 S. H. Adams Canal Town xi. 365 Our highty-tighty, high-and-mighty banking man might be due for a surprise, too. 2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xv. 393 You mudder don' like to tell you since she got all hitey-titey, but de Bowden family have had it hard long time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.adj.1699
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