etepetete

(Angielski)

hoity-toity, finical, affected, stilted

Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˌeːtəpəˈteːtə/
Etymologia (Angielski)

In summary

Borrowed from German Low German. A reduplication of öte (“affected, finical”), dialectally ete, possibly influenced by French peut-être (“maybe”).

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