haughty








adjective, haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est.

  1. disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
  2. Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.

adjective -tier or -tiest

  1. having or showing arrogance
  2. archaic noble or exalted
adj.

1520s, an extension of haught (q.v.) “high in one’s own estimation” by addition of -y (2) on model of might/mighty, naught/naughty, etc. Middle English also had hautif in this sense (mid-15c., from Old French hautif). Related: Haughtily.

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