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majestic

English

Etymology

majesty +? -ic, 1600s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m??d??st?k/
  • Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

majestic (comparative more majestic, superlative most majestic)

  1. Having qualities of splendor or royalty.

Translations

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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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