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comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest
Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious. quotations examples
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, […] .
1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days