Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Haughtier"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Haughty \Haugh"ty\, a. [Compar. {Haughtier}; superl.
{Haughtiest}.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF.
also halt, fr. L. altus. See {Altitude}.]
1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]

To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
--Spenser.

Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser

2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
overbearing.

A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
--Clarendon.

3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came
towering. --Milton.

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