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high and mighty

1

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. persons who are members of or identify with the higher social strata of society, especially those who are powerful or arrogant.


adverb

  1. in a self-important, grandiose, or arrogant manner:

    They talk high and mighty, but they owe everyone in town.

    Now don't go getting all high and mighty on me.

high-and-mighty

2

[ hahy-uhn-mahy-tee, -uhnd- ]

adjective

  1. haughty; arrogant.

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Other Words From

  • high-and-mighti·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of high and mighty1

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English: originally a title of dignity

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Idioms and Phrases

Conceited, haughty, as in She was too high and mighty to make her own bed . This expression originally alluded to high-born rulers and was being transferred to the merely arrogant by the mid-1600s.

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Example Sentences

After marriage the high-and-mighty beadle was sadly henpecked and reduced to a Jerry Sneak.

His nose was of the high-and-mighty order that comes under the denomination of aquiline, or hooked, as may suit you best.

You ought to see her sketch the old-school, high-and-mighty manners, as they survive among some of the antiques in Charlottesburg.

Pelle threw all his high-and-mighty airs to the winds and gave himself up to despair.

But you won't gain anything by taking a high-and-mighty attitude with me.

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