la-di-da

adjective

ˌlä-dē-ˈdä 

variants or less commonly la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah

informal

: affectedly or pretentiously elegant or refined in manners or tastes

… they soon became civilized. Two years later Fabyan saw them in Westminster Palace, dressed like la-di-da English courtiers.

—Samuel Eliot Morison

Iris was a freshman at Climping Academy, the Santa Teresa private school located in Horton Ravine, which was so la-di-da, it totally freaked her out.

—Sue Grafton

Synonyms

• pretentious
• pompous
• ostentatious
• hifalutin
• high-minded
• grandiose
• highfalutin
• smug
• arrogant
• snippy

Examples of la-di-da in a Sentence

there's no need to be la-di-da with your friends—we all know that classy accent is a put-on

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of lardy-dardy foppish

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for la-di-da

• cressida
• gravida
• lucida
• guida
• leda
• pellucida