hauteurn.

Brit.

/əʊˈtəː/,

/hɔːˈtəː/, U.S.

/hɔˈtər/

Forms: Also 1600s haughture.

Etymology: < French hauteur (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < haut high.

1. Loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]

highnesseOE

orgelnessOE

orgelOE

orgula1200

hautainesse1297

deignoushedec1330

daina1400

hautesse1399

hautainetya1450

orgulitya1470

courage1484

haughtness1489

stateliness1509

stomacha1513

heighta1525

stiffness1526

fastidie1536

disdainfulness1548

loftiness1548

fastidiousness?1555

haughtiness1555

high-mindedness1571

squeamishness1580

hichtiness1596

morguec1598

signory1598

superciliosity1606

overliness1610

superciliousness1622

excelsity1623

hauteura1628

cavalierism1643

supercilium1657

condescendency1667

supercile1679

uncondescension1681

superbness1682

fastidiosity1704

condescension1752

aristocratism1792

aristocracy1822

patricianism1826

touch-me-not-ishness1836

cavalierishness1860

patronization1944

a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) iii. 37 In his Spanish haughture.

1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) I. 413 A comparison between him [Lord Chesterfield] and the hauteur of all other lord-lieutenants.

1792 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XII. 98 That your habits of expression indicated a hauteur disgusting to those, who happen to differ from you in sentiment.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xiv. 62 Both seemed secure—She in her virtue, he in his hauteur.

1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 96 He seemed to think hauteur an essential feature of the clerical office.

†2. A height. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1711 London Gaz. No. 4989/2 The Enemy have drawn off all their Cannon from the Hauteurs of Wavrechin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hauteur
释义	hauteurn. Brit. /əʊˈtəː/, /hɔːˈtəː/, U.S. /hɔˈtər/ Forms: Also 1600s haughture. Etymology: < French hauteur (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < haut high. 1. Loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun] highnesseOE orgelnessOE orgelOE orgula1200 hautainesse1297 deignoushedec1330 daina1400 hautesse1399 hautainetya1450 orgulitya1470 courage1484 haughtness1489 stateliness1509 stomacha1513 heighta1525 stiffness1526 fastidie1536 disdainfulness1548 loftiness1548 fastidiousness?1555 haughtiness1555 high-mindedness1571 squeamishness1580 hichtiness1596 morguec1598 signory1598 superciliosity1606 overliness1610 superciliousness1622 excelsity1623 hauteura1628 cavalierism1643 supercilium1657 condescendency1667 supercile1679 uncondescension1681 superbness1682 fastidiosity1704 condescension1752 aristocratism1792 aristocracy1822 patricianism1826 touch-me-not-ishness1836 cavalierishness1860 patronization1944 a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) iii. 37 In his Spanish haughture. 1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) I. 413 A comparison between him [Lord Chesterfield] and the hauteur of all other lord-lieutenants. 1792 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XII. 98 That your habits of expression indicated a hauteur disgusting to those, who happen to differ from you in sentiment. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xiv. 62 Both seemed secure—She in her virtue, he in his hauteur. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 96 He seemed to think hauteur an essential feature of the clerical office. †2. A height. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1711 London Gaz. No. 4989/2 The Enemy have drawn off all their Cannon from the Hauteurs of Wavrechin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1628
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