Haugh"ty, a. [Compar. Haughtier (?); 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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