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]Noun
[edit]haughtiness (countable and uncountable, plural haughtinesses)
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the property of being haughty
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