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haught, a. arch.|hɔːt|
Forms: α. 5–6 haute, hawt(e, 6 halt, 6–7 haut, hault(e. β. 6– haught.
[orig. haut, hault from contemporary French: see haut a.; corrupted late in 16th c. to haught after words like caught, taught, etc. in which gh had become mute: perh. influenced by high, height.]
1. High in one's own estimation; bearing oneself loftily; haughty. arch.
α1430–40Lydg. Bochas v. xxiv. (1554) 138 a, He was haute in his prosperitie. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 516 Many hawte wordys were blowen on eyther partye. 1531Elyot Gov. ii. v, A proude and haulte countenaunce. 1648Milton Ps. lxxx. 35 Nations proud and haut.
β1608Shakes. Rich. II, iv. i. 254 (2nd Qo.) North. My lord. Rich. No Lord of thine, thou haught insulting man. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles i. xxxi, That bearing haught and high, Which common spirits fear! 1875Browning Inn Album i. 313 As the haught high-bred bearing and dispose.
†2. Of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty. Obs.
αa1470Tiptoft Cæsar (1530) 12 He was a man of haute courage. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lix. 97 With corage hawte, Thonset to giue, this castell to assawte. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. iv. (1593) 99 Valiant deedes and halt exploits. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. ii. xxvii. (1609) 97 The nature of our Nation is free, stout, hault.
β1590Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 29 His courage haught Desyrd of forreine foemen to be knowne.
†3. Of exalted rank or station; high-born, noble.
1470–85Malory Arthur ii. vi, Galahad the haute [1634 haughty] prynce. 1553Bale Gardiner's De Vera Obed. F iij, In hault estate of worldly power. 1590Greene Orl. Fur. Wks. (Rtldg.) 106/1 That boast the pride of haught Latonas son. a1627Middleton & Rowley Sp. Gipsy ii. ii, As brave a Spaniard As ever spake the haut Castilian tongue.
†4. High, in literal and other senses. of hawt grees, tr. F. de haute graisse, ‘full, plumpe, goodlie, fat, well-fed, in good liking’ (Cotgr.). (In Bailey prob. only Fr.) Obs.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 409 Capon, & hen of hawt grees, þus wold þey be dight. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 5, I know how haut thy muse doth flie. [1731Bailey, Haut, high or shrill..Haut Contre (in Musick Books) signifies Counter Tenor. Haut Dessus, first Treble.]
5. Comb., as haught-hearted, haught-minded.
1540–1Elyot Image Gov. (1556) 23 Haulte mynded and sterne towardes the communaltee. 1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) 103 Th' ambicious and hautehearted felowe. 1595Enq. Tripe-wife (1881) 145 Haught minded, and hot spirited Simon. |