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hauteur

[ hoh-tur; French oh-tœr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

hauteur

/ əʊˈtɜː /

Origin of hauteur¹

1620–30; < French, equivalent to haut high ( haughty ) + -eur -or ¹

Origin of hauteur¹

C17: from French, from haut high; see haughty

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.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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