haughty
[ haw-tee ]
/ ˈhɔ ti /
adjective, haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est.
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
Archaic.
lofty or noble; exalted.
Origin of haughty
1520–30; obsolete
haught (spelling variant of late Middle English
haute < Middle French < Latin
altus high, with
h- < Germanic; compare Old High German
hok high) +
-y1
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haughty
/ (ˈhɔːtɪ) /
adjective -tier or -tiest
having or showing arrogance
archaic
noble or exalted
Derived forms of haughty
haughtily, adverb haughtiness, nounWord Origin for haughty
C16: from Old French
haut, literally: lofty, from Latin
altus high