paughty

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Scots[edit]

Adjective[edit]

paughty (comparative mair paughty, superlative maist paughty)

  1. proud; haughty
    • 1786, Robert Burns, A Dream[1]:
      As ye disown yon paughty dog, / That bears the keys of Peter, / Then swith! an' get a wife to hug,