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haughty

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haugh⋅ty

  [haw-tee]
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–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
1. disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
2. Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.
Origin:
1520–30; obs. haught (sp. var. of late ME haute < MF < L altus high, with h- < Gmc; cf. OHG hok high) + -y 1

Related forms:
haugh⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
haugh⋅ti⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud.

Antonyms:
1. humble, unpretentious, unassuming.
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haugh·ty   (hô'tē)   
adj.   haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est
Scornfully and condescendingly proud. See Synonyms at proud.

[From Middle English haut, from Old French haut, halt, alteration (influenced by Frankish hōh, high) of Latin altus, high; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.]
haugh'ti·ly adv., haugh'ti·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

haughty 
1530 (spelling changed on model of caught, etc.), from M.E. haute "high in one's own estimation" (1430), with adj. suffix, from O.Fr. haut "high," from L. altus, with initial h- by infl. of Frank. hoh.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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