haughtiness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
haughtiness (countable and uncountable, plural haughtinesses)
Translations[edit]
the property of being haughty
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