highty-tighty

English

Adjective

highty-tighty (comparative more highty-tighty, superlative most highty-tighty)

1. Obsolete form of hoity-toity.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     "La, William, don't be so highty-tighty with us. We're not men. We can't fight you," Miss Jane said.

References

• “highty-tighty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.