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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

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delighted

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??la?t?d/

Adjective

delighted (comparative more delighted, superlative most delighted)

  1. Greatly pleased.
  2. Filled with wonder and delight.

Translations

Verb

delighted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of delight

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