haughty
[ haw-tee ]
/ ˈhɔ ti /
adjective, haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est.
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.
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Origin of haughty
1520–30; obsolete haught (spelling variant of late Middle English haute < Middle French < Latin altus high, with h- < Germanic; compare Old High German hok high) + -y1
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haughty
/ (ˈhɔːtɪ) /
adjective -tier or -tiest
having or showing arrogance
archaic noble or exalted
Derived Formshaughtily, adverbhaughtiness, noun
Word Origin for haughty
C16: from Old French haut, literally: lofty, from Latin altus high
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Word Origin and History for haughty
haughty
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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