英语词汇hoity-toity的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	hoity-toity
词源	hoity-toity also hoity toity, 1660s, "riotous behavior," from earlier highty tighty "frolicsome, flighty," perhaps an alteration and reduplication of dialectal hoyting "acting the hoyden, romping" (1590s), see hoyden. Sense of "haughty" first recorded late 1800s, probably on similarity of sound. Entries linking to hoity-toity hoyden n. "ill-bred, boisterous young female," 1670s; earlier "rude, boorish fellow" (1590s), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden "rustic, uncivilized man," from Middle Dutch heiden "heathen," from Proto-Germanic *haithinaz- (see heathen). OED points to Elizabethan hoit "indulge in riotous and noisy mirth" in Nares. updated on October 10, 2017
随便看	non-access non-admission nonage nonagenarian non-aggression nonagon non-aligned no-name non-appearance non-attendance nonce nonce-word nonchalance nonchalant non-com non-combatant non-combustible non-commissioned non-committal non-communicant non-compliance non compos mentis nonconforming nonconformist nonconformity

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