Haughty

English

Etymology

From 1430 Middle English haute (“‘self-important’”) with a spelling change in 1530 to follow the pattern of caught, < Old French haut, hault (“‘high, lofty’”) < Template:Frk[[Category:Template:Frk derivations|Haughty]] [[hoh#Template:Frk|hauh, hōh]] (“‘high, lofty, proud’”) and Latin altus (“‘high, deep’”). More at high.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːti
• (cot-caught) Homophones: hottie

Adjective

Haughty (comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest)

Positive Haughty

Comparative haughtier

Superlative haughtiest

1. (rare, US, Canadian) Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

Translations

disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority

Arabic: متعالي - متكبر - متغطرس Czech: pyšný cs(cs) m., povýšený cs(cs) m. Finnish: mahtaileva fi(fi), ylimielinen fi(fi), koppava fi(fi) French: orgueilleux fr(fr), hautain fr(fr) German: hochmütig de(de), stolz de(de) Greek: υπεροπτικός el(el) Hungarian: dölyfös hu(hu)

Japanese: 高慢な (こうまんな, koumanna), 傲慢な (ごうまんな, goumanna), 横柄な (おうへいな, ōheina) 尊大な (そんだいな, sondaina) Portuguese: soberbo, vanglorioso, imodesto Romanian: mândru ro(ro) Russian: высокомерный ru(ru), презрительный ru(ru) Scottish Gaelic: àrdanach gd(gd) Swedish: högfärdig

Usage notes

Possibly due to the similar sounding (and utterly different in meaning) hottie, haughty has become rare in North America at least.

References

• Template:R:Online Etymology Dictionary

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