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    [Adjective]  | "haugh*ty" | \ ˈhȯ-tē \


    1: blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior


    Origin: 1530 ;

     Obsolete haught, from Middle English haute, from Anglo-French halt, haut, literally, high, from Latin altus;

    [Adjective]  | "haughty" 


    1: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude;


      * e.g., " ... the haughty waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant didn't even have french fries on the menu "





    2: having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself;


      * e.g., " ... the student reporter received a haughty letter in reply to his request for an interview with the governor "





     [ "haughtily" ]

    1: To act like a bitchy ass piece of shit who can't handle being wrong or turned down; a smartass way of doing things (synonym: Chloè Bourgeois)

      * e.g.,  ... The plastics walked haughtily down the hallway. 

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