HAUGHTY

Haugh″ty (–ty̆), a. [Compar. Haughtier (–tĭ‐ẽr); superl. Haughtiest.] [[OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude.]] 1. 1. High; lofty; bold.
To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser. 2. 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon. 3. 3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering. Milton.