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haughty

/ˈhoːti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
haughty
IPA
/ˈhoːti/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

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, *hōh (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhoːti/
  • British English: /ˈhɔːti/

Inflected Forms

haughtier (comparative) haughtiest (superlative) hautie (alternative, obsolete) hauty (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

haughten haughtily haughtiness outhaughty overhaughty

Frequently Paired Words

haught haut hauteur old

Synonyms

airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery turgescent boastful lordly bombastic buggish

Homonyms

hottie (cot–caught merger)

Rhymes With

naughty doughty biscotti zloty mariotti minotti doughtie sortie autie

Questions

How do you pronounce haughty?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoːti/.
What does haughty mean?
Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
Where does haughty come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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