haughtiness

Variant of haughty

haughty definition

haughty (hôt′ē)

adjective haughtier -·tier, haughtiest -·ti·est

  1. having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious
  2. Archaic lofty; noble

Etymology: ME haut, high, haughty < OFr, high < altus (with h- after Frank *hoh, high) + -y: gh prob. inserted by analogy with naughty

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