Highty-tighty

or hoity-toity, subs. (old).—A wanton.

  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. HIGHTETITY, a Ramp, or Rude Girl.

  1725.  A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.

  Adj. (colloquial).—Peremptory; waspish; quarrelsome.

  1848.  THACKERAY, Vanity Fair, ch. xviii. La, William, don’t be so HIGHTY-TIGHTY with us. We’re not men.