| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| haughty |
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| SYLLABICATION: | haugh·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  hô t |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est
Scornfully and condescendingly proud. See synonyms at proud. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English haut, from Old French haut, halt, alteration (influenced by Frankish h h, high) of Latin altus, high; see al-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | haughti·ly —ADVERB
haughti·ness —NOUN
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