DEFINITIONS CONTINUED ADJECTIVES 5. quarrelsome (American and slang) 6. slightly crazy (dialect) NOUN 1. a romping or rude girl (obsolete or dialect) 2. a seesaw (dialect) 3. a wanton person (slang) INTERJECTION an ejaculation expressing contemptuous surprise or anger also HITY-TITY CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES a variant of hoity-toity; apparently sometimes associated in idea with high, height, or with tight, and modified in use accordingly; the pronunciation of oi as i, as in ile, bile = oil, boil, was formerly prevalent a 1700 - A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modem of the Canting Crew, B.E.; "Hightetity, a Ramp or Rude Girl" From: Vanity Fair
A Novel Without a Hero By William Makepeace Thackery, 1849 Chapter XVIII. Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought? P. 156
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