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hauteur

/oʊˈtɝ/ US
/ɔːˈtɜː/ UK
/əʊˈtɜː/ UK

Sounds like auteur · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)

noun hauteurs

countable, uncountable Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness. Who ever went into a public office, and was treated, as he is very apt to be, with the most offensive hauteur by some saucy, well-paid official, without feeling the desire to kick him rising strong within him?

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@misc{hauteur_2026,
  title = {hauteur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hauteur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}