haughty
English
editEtymology
editFrom earlier hauty, haultic, with spelling change in imitation of English naughty and English high, from Middle English hautein, hautain (with -ein, -ain becoming -y through the form hautenesse standing for *hauteinnesse; see haughtiness), from Middle English haute (“self-important”), from Old French haut, hault (“high, lofty”), from Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɔti/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɑti/
- Rhymes: -ɔːti
- Homophone: hottie (cot–caught merger)
Adjective
edithaughty (comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest)
- Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […] .
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editdisdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority
References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “haughty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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