different between haught vs haughty

English

Alternative forms

• haut (obsolete)
• haute (obsolete)
• hawt (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Old French haut via Middle English haute (“self-important”).

Adjective

haught (comparative more haught, superlative most haught)

1. (obsolete) Haughty.

English

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, *h?h (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”). More at high, old.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?h??ti/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?ti/
• Rhymes: -??ti
• Homophone: hottie (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Adjective

haughty (comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest)

1. Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• haughtily
• haughtiness

Related terms

• haught, haut, haute, hawt

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “haughty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary