toplofty

English

Adjective

toplofty (comparative toploftier, superlative toploftiest)

1. Self-important, haughty.
   • 1897, John Kendrick Bangs, “Unexpected Pomp at the Perkins's”, in Paste Jewels:

     [T]he butler had entered, bearing in a toplofty fashion a huge silver platter, upon which lay a superb salmon, beautifully cooked and garnished.

   • 1956 November 5, “The Press: Change at the Guardian”, in Time‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 November 2010:

     Britain's Manchester Guardian . . . often irritates politicians with toplofty editorials suggesting that the paper is not only on the side of the angels but right alongside them in heaven.

   • 2002, Mary Balogh, No Man's Mistress‎^[2], →ISBN, page 373:

     A more toplofty, chilling man she had never known.

Synonyms

• condescending, pompous, pretentious

Derived terms

• toploftily
• toploftiness

 

Related terms

• toploftical

 

References

• “toplofty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.