English Explanatory Dictionary

lah-di-dah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or from the upper class of society.
  2. Affecting upper-class or superior airs.
intj
  1. Expression of disdain for pretension or haughtiness.
  2. Not a care in the world. (used in a sing-song voice, for childhood rhymes)

Pronunciation

/ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-lah-di-dah.wav

Word forms

lah-di-dah more lah-di-dah most lah-di-dah la-di-da lah-de-dah la-de-da lardy-dardy

Etymology

c. 1880s, with a comeback in the 1980s due to its use in Annie Hall (1977) by Woody Allen, although in a different context, spoken by the actress Diane Keaton.

Synonyms

pretentious snooty airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery boastful bombastic buggish cocky conceited disdainful domineering egotistical entitled flatulent flaunting full of oneself glorious grandiose hankty haught haughty haut high-handed high-hat high and mighty highfalutin hoity-toity holier-than-thou hubristic hubristical imperious inflated insolent la-di-da orgulous ostentatious overbearing overweening pompous presumptuous priggish puffed up sanctimonious self-important snobbish snotty stout stuck up supercilious thrasonic thrasonical toploftical toplofty tumid turgid

Related words

ooh la la
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