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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Haughty  \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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