haughty

== English == === Alternative forms === hautie, hauty (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɔti/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɑti/ Rhymes: -ɔːti Homophone: hottie (cot–caught merger) === Adjective === haughty (comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest) Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== haught, haut, hauteur old ==== Translations ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “haughty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.