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語源

From earlier hauty, haultic, with spelling change in imitation of English naughty and English high, from 中期英語 hautein, hautain (with -ein, -ain becoming -y through the form hautenesse standing for *hauteinnesse; see haughtiness), from 中期英語 haute (“self-important”), from Old French haut, hault (“high, lofty”), from Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɔːti/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈhɔti/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈhɑti/
• 韻: -ɔːti
• Homophone: hottie (cot–caught merger)

形容詞

haughty (comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant

   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎:

     How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […] .

派生語

関連する語

• haught, haut, hauteur
• old

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “haughty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.