haughten

English

Alternative forms

• haughton (nonce word)

Etymology

From haught or haughty +‎ -en.

Verb

haughten (third-person singular simple present haughtens, present participle haughtening, simple past and past participle haughtened)

1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become haughty.
   • 1894, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates, Temple Bar, volume 101, page 274:

     Till now her innocent wrongs, endured in isolation, had hardened and, if the word be permissible, haughtened her.

   • 1918, The Harvard Lampoon, volumes 75-76, page 98:

     And when, the day's work well accomplished, and the haughty, Haughtoned rival betook his weary and humbled prowess back to his haunts of New Jersey or Connecticut, the Jester, stein in hand, would sit before his birch fire and discuss the salient features of the famous game, as if the world itself had stopped wagging for a moment to gaze in awe at the grassy gridiron and wave a crimson flag above the cheering multitudes.

   • 1963, Nimrod - Volume 1, Issue 2, page 27:

     "Obviously," said Michael, haughtening his accent.

   • 2011, Whispers of the Soul, page 84:

     A haughtening sprits.