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Webster 1913 Edition

Haughty

Haugh′ty

(ha̤′ty̆)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Haughtier
(ha̤′tĭ-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Haughtiest
.]
[OE.
hautein
, F.
hautain
, fr.
haut
high, OF. also
halt
, fr. L.
altus
. See
Altitude
.]
1.
High; lofty; bold.
[Obs. or Archaic]
To measure the most
haughty
mountain’s height.
Spenser.
Equal unto this
haughty
enterprise.
Spenser.
2.
Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
A woman of a
haughty
and imperious nature.
Clarendon.
3.
Indicating haughtiness;
as, a
haughty
carriage
.
Satan, with vast and
haughty
strides advanced,
Came towering.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Haughty

HAUGHTY

,
Adj.
hau'ty. [from haught.]
1.
Proud and disdainful; having a high opinion of one's self, with some contempt for others; lofty and arrogant; supercilious.
His wife was a woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
A haughty spirit goeth before a fall. Prov.16.
2.
Proceeding from excessive pride, or pride mingled with contempt; manifesting pride and disdain; as a haughty air or walk.
3.
Proud and imperious; as a haughty nation.
4.
Lofty; bold; of high hazard; as a haughty enterprise.

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