English Explanatory Dictionary

haughtiness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

haughtiness haughtinesses

Etymology

From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty + -ness.

Synonyms

hauteur
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