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high-hand⋅ed

[hahy-han-did]
–adjective
condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.

Origin:
1625–35


high-hand⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
high-hand⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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high-handed

adjective
given to haughty disregard of others [syn: cavalier
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