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    Haughty

    (-ty), a. [Compar. Haughtier (-ti•er); superl. 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.

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