haughty

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haugh⋅ty

[haw-tee]

–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.

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