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View synonyms for hauteur

hauteur

[ hoh-tur; French oh-tœr ]

noun

  1. haughty manner or spirit; arrogance.


hauteur

/ əʊˈtɜː /

noun

  1. pride; haughtiness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hauteur1

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

Origin of hauteur1

C17: from French, from haut high; see haughty
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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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