haughtiness
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haughtiness
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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.
noun haughtinesses
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The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
Similar: hauteur
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noun the property of being haughty
| Español | soberbia, altanería, altivez, orgullo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 傲慢 àomàn |
| हिन्दी | अभिमान abhimān, घमंड ghamaṇḍ |
| Português | potra, altanaria, orgulho, altivez |
| Français | orgueil, hautaineté |
| Deutsch | Hoffart |
| Italiano | superbia, fierezza, sufficienza, sicumera, sussiego, supponenza |
| Ελληνικά | ακαταδεξιά akatadexiá |
| Română | trufie, trufă, mândrie |
| Русский | высокоме́рие vysokomérije, надме́нность nadménnostʹ |
| العربية | عَجْرَفَة ʕajrafa, كِبْرِيَاء kibriyāʔ |
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title = {haughtiness},
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