toploftyadj.

Brit.

/tɒpˈlɒfti/, U.S.

/ˈtɑpˌlɔfti/,

/ˈtɑpˌlɑfti/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: top loft n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < top loft n. + -y suffix¹, after lofty adj. Compare earlier toploftical adj.Compare earlier instances as names of characters in fiction:1823 A. Lefanu Tales of Tourist I. vi. 135 Thanks to the instructions of the excellent Zachary Mudge, and the precious Zephaniah Toplofty.1835 Essex Standard 24 Mar. Lord and Lady Toplofty seated at a table covered with books, papers, &c.

humorous. colloquial.

1. Self-important, superior; haughty, high and mighty. Also of language: high-flown, bombastic. Cf. toploftical adj. 1.

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

1839 Evening Packet (Dublin) 2 Nov. We could not..make room for the incoherent rejoinder of his Lordship, which has been postponed to make room for the top-lofty flight of the Reverend Mr. T. D. Gregg.

1896 Chicago Advance 25 June 941/2 The council sermon... A little top-lofty perhaps for children.

1898 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 17 They were snubbed with rather toplofty denials.

1935 J. C. Snaith But even So lxxi. 248 She's been that top-lofty she needs a pair of steps to get up to herself.

1990 C. Scribner In Company of Writers vi. 120 I admired him greatly, not least because in spite of his great position he never got top-lofty.

2007 Nat. Rev. (Nexis) 25 Aug. In the end, the English are not hampered by toplofty commitments to freedom of speech and of conscience.

2. Of very high quality or status; very fine. Now rare.Strongly associated with the character of Sam Slick, a Yankee clock seller, invented by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) as a vehicle for satirizing American and British colonial society. Haliburton's use is probably intended to have some ironic connotations of self-importance; cf. sense 1 and earlier toploftical adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. iv. 62 It is the most glorious country onder the sun; travel where you will, you won't ditto it no where. It is the toploftiest place in all creation, ain't it, minister?

1844 T. C. Haliburton Attaché 2nd Ser. I. iii. 52 Well, as I was a-sayin', his champagne is the toploftiest I've seen. His hock aint quite so good as Bobby Peel's.

1859 F. Francis Newton Dogvane II. ix. 225 Everything was very toplofty on the landlord and waiters' parts.

1908 H. M. Winslow Spinster Farm 216 They beheld prize roosters and top-lofty hens.

1969 Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 16 Mar. 18 (advt.) The toplofty check suit knows what it's about, vis-a-vis your figure, and then it's fashionable and pretty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	toplofty
释义	toploftyadj. Brit. /tɒpˈlɒfti/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌlɔfti/, /ˈtɑpˌlɑfti/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: top loft n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < top loft n. + -y suffix¹, after lofty adj. Compare earlier toploftical adj.Compare earlier instances as names of characters in fiction:1823 A. Lefanu Tales of Tourist I. vi. 135 Thanks to the instructions of the excellent Zachary Mudge, and the precious Zephaniah Toplofty.1835 Essex Standard 24 Mar. Lord and Lady Toplofty seated at a table covered with books, papers, &c. humorous. colloquial. 1. Self-important, superior; haughty, high and mighty. Also of language: high-flown, bombastic. Cf. toploftical adj. 1. 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 1839 Evening Packet (Dublin) 2 Nov. We could not..make room for the incoherent rejoinder of his Lordship, which has been postponed to make room for the top-lofty flight of the Reverend Mr. T. D. Gregg. 1896 Chicago Advance 25 June 941/2 The council sermon... A little top-lofty perhaps for children. 1898 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 17 They were snubbed with rather toplofty denials. 1935 J. C. Snaith But even So lxxi. 248 She's been that top-lofty she needs a pair of steps to get up to herself. 1990 C. Scribner In Company of Writers vi. 120 I admired him greatly, not least because in spite of his great position he never got top-lofty. 2007 Nat. Rev. (Nexis) 25 Aug. In the end, the English are not hampered by toplofty commitments to freedom of speech and of conscience. 2. Of very high quality or status; very fine. Now rare.Strongly associated with the character of Sam Slick, a Yankee clock seller, invented by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) as a vehicle for satirizing American and British colonial society. Haliburton's use is probably intended to have some ironic connotations of self-importance; cf. sense 1 and earlier toploftical adj. 1. ΚΠ 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. iv. 62 It is the most glorious country onder the sun; travel where you will, you won't ditto it no where. It is the toploftiest place in all creation, ain't it, minister? 1844 T. C. Haliburton Attaché 2nd Ser. I. iii. 52 Well, as I was a-sayin', his champagne is the toploftiest I've seen. His hock aint quite so good as Bobby Peel's. 1859 F. Francis Newton Dogvane II. ix. 225 Everything was very toplofty on the landlord and waiters' parts. 1908 H. M. Winslow Spinster Farm 216 They beheld prize roosters and top-lofty hens. 1969 Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 16 Mar. 18 (advt.) The toplofty check suit knows what it's about, vis-a-vis your figure, and then it's fashionable and pretty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < adj.1839
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