Haughty \Haugh"ty\ (h[add]"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Haughtier
(h[add]"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F.
hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See
Altitude.]
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1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
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To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
--Spenser.
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Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser.
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2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
overbearing.
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A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
--Clarendon.
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3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
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Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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WordNet (r) 2.0
haughty
adj : having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
disdainful of their colleagues in other social
disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly
manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful
swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";
"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";
"shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood
than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, lordly, prideful,
sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
[also: haughtiest, haughtier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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