Definitions for lah-di-dah

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lah-di-dah lah-di-dah

Spelling: [lah-dee-dah]

IPA: /ˈlɑ diˈdɑ/

Lah-Di-Dah is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in lah-di-dah (--aaddhhil).

Definitions for lah-di-dah

noun

1. an affected or pretentious person.
2. behavior or speech characterized by affected or exaggerated gentility.

adjective

1. affected; pretentious; foppish:

interjection

1. (used as an expression of derision directed at affected gentility or pretentious refinement.)

interjection, adjective, noun

1. la-di-da.

Origin of lah-di-dah

First recorded in 1880-85; derisive imitation of affected, pseudo-elevated speech

Examples for lah-di-dah

Jack used to say there was too much of the lah-di-dah about him, and was down on him time and again.