Skip to content

haughtiness

noun

  1. emotion
L321741 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty + -ness.

  1. The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.