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hauteur
[ hoh-tur; French oh-tœr ]
noun
- haughty manner or spirit; arrogance.
hauteur
/ əʊˈtɜː /
noun
- pride; haughtiness
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hauteur1
Example Sentences
Swinton has an especially good command of vampire hauteur.
For all his reputation for hauteur, I would forever after remember this evidence of Vidal's graciousness and self-confidence.
L mesme il y a des arbres d'inestimable beaut en hauteur & grosseur.
"Thank you, Dr. Weirmarsh, but I cannot see that my private affairs are any concern of yours," she replied with some hauteur.
She received her guest's protest with the utmost hauteur, and when we left the altercation was still in progress.
Her hauteur and coquetry subdued most of her maternal sentiments.
She demanded rather than asked to see my mistress, with a hauteur born of the arctic snow.
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