hotsy-totsyadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɒtsɪˈtɒtsi/, U.S.

/ˌhɑtsiˈtɑtsi/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: hot adj.

Etymology: Apparently a reduplication of hot adj., with variation of the initial consonant and suffixation (compare -sy suffix², and see discussion at that entry). In later use influenced by hoity-toity adj.

slang (originally U.S.).

Wonderful, delightful; just right. Also (in later use): pretentiously fashionable (cf. hoity-toity adj. b).In quot. 1924 perhaps simply an interjection expressing enthusiasm.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > highly satisfactory

OK1839

hunky-dory1866

(all) Sir Garnet1894

kayo1923

hotsy-totsy1924

oojah-cum-spiff1930

patsy1930

not shabby1975

alpha minus1989

1924 I. Gershwin Whole World's Turning Blue in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 41/3 Hey! Hey! Hotsy-totsy too! Dey! Dey! Red, white, and blue!

1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 475/1 It is when things are not exactly hotsy-totsy with him that he produces the best that there is in him.

1944 H. Croome You've gone Astray xxi. 214 Now she thinks another man would be all hotsy totsy.

1973 J. Mann Only Security xii. 162 What the law allows me, is mine... So that's all hotsy totsy.

1984 N.Y. Daily News 20 Aug. 12 At Frost's, one of Dallas' hotsy-totsy stores.

1993 D. Lamb Sense of Place 74 Those hotsy-totsy people in Anchorage.

Derivatives

ˌhotsy-ˈtotsiness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [noun] > highly

a bit (also piece) of all right1895

hotsy-totsiness1935

1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xxii. 282 And a fat chance..there is of any hotsy-totsiness resulting from anything Ambrose can do.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hotsy-totsy
释义	hotsy-totsyadj. Brit. /ˌhɒtsɪˈtɒtsi/, U.S. /ˌhɑtsiˈtɑtsi/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: hot adj. Etymology: Apparently a reduplication of hot adj., with variation of the initial consonant and suffixation (compare -sy suffix², and see discussion at that entry). In later use influenced by hoity-toity adj. slang (originally U.S.). Wonderful, delightful; just right. Also (in later use): pretentiously fashionable (cf. hoity-toity adj. b).In quot. 1924 perhaps simply an interjection expressing enthusiasm. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > highly satisfactory OK1839 hunky-dory1866 (all) Sir Garnet1894 kayo1923 hotsy-totsy1924 oojah-cum-spiff1930 patsy1930 not shabby1975 alpha minus1989 1924 I. Gershwin Whole World's Turning Blue in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 41/3 Hey! Hey! Hotsy-totsy too! Dey! Dey! Red, white, and blue! 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 475/1 It is when things are not exactly hotsy-totsy with him that he produces the best that there is in him. 1944 H. Croome You've gone Astray xxi. 214 Now she thinks another man would be all hotsy totsy. 1973 J. Mann Only Security xii. 162 What the law allows me, is mine... So that's all hotsy totsy. 1984 N.Y. Daily News 20 Aug. 12 At Frost's, one of Dallas' hotsy-totsy stores. 1993 D. Lamb Sense of Place 74 Those hotsy-totsy people in Anchorage. Derivatives ˌhotsy-ˈtotsiness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [noun] > highly a bit (also piece) of all right1895 hotsy-totsiness1935 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xxii. 282 And a fat chance..there is of any hotsy-totsiness resulting from anything Ambrose can do. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1924
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