Haughty Meaning
/ˈhɔːti/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjConveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
Sentence Examples
What a haughty fellow he is!
The young girl was haughty to me.
That lady is haughty to a great degree.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ princess refused to speak to anyone she considered beneath her.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ duchess refused to speak to anyone she considered to be beneath her social status.
Word Origin & History
From 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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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, […]."
— 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ princess refused to speak to anyone she considered beneath her.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ duchess refused to speak to anyone she considered to be beneath her social status.