haughtiness
Meanings
Plural: haughtinesses
Noun
- overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
arrogance, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
Scrabble Score: 18
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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