† hautessen.
Obsolete.
Highness, height; loftiness of rank or character, nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length (of time).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > [noun]
lengtha1240
date?1316
durationc1384
hautesse1399
quantity?a1425
periodc1475
tracta1513
allowance1526
continuance1530
wideness1535
continue1556
protense1590
countenance1592
stay1595
standing1600
dimension1605
longanimity1607
longinquity1607
insisture1609
existence1615
unprivationa1628
continuity1646
protension1654
measure1658
course1665
contention1666
propagation1741
protensity1886
the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]
highnesseOE
orgelnessOE
orgelOE
orgula1200
hautainesse1297
deignoushedec1330
daina1400
hautesse1399
hautainetya1450
orgulitya1470
courage1484
haughtness1489
stateliness1509
stomacha1513
heighta1525
stiffness1526
fastidie1536
disdainfulness1548
loftiness1548
fastidiousness?1555
haughtiness1555
high-mindedness1571
squeamishness1580
hichtiness1596
morguec1598
signory1598
superciliosity1606
overliness1610
superciliousness1622
excelsity1623
hauteura1628
cavalierism1643
supercilium1657
condescendency1667
supercile1679
uncondescension1681
superbness1682
fastidiosity1704
condescension1752
aristocratism1792
aristocracy1822
patricianism1826
touch-me-not-ishness1836
cavalierishness1860
patronization1944
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]
athelc885
highnesseOE
brightnessOE
thrumOE
worshipOE
highship?c1225
nobleyec1300
pridec1330
realtya1375
rialtya1375
greatnessc1384
nobletya1387
magnificencec1390
regalya1393
greatheada1400
hautesse1399
lordliness1440
celsitudec1450
excelsitudec1470
state1488
princeliness1545
kingliness1548
royalty1548
amplitudec1550
grandity1589
grandeur1600
glory1613
majesticalness1613
augusteity1615
grandezza1629
augustness1644
raisedness1645
celsity1656
splendidnessa1657
grandness1663
exaltedness1730
halo1813
queenliness1831
aureole1852
magnateship1916
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > nobility of character or sentiments
earlshipOE
greatness1340
noblenessa1382
hautesse1399
grandeur1656
height1662
elevationa1680
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 13 The hertis that hautesse of yeris That pasture prikkyth, and her prevy age.
a1400–50 Alexander 2835 Hoo with þi hautes and þine vnhemed wittis, A-vaile of þi vanite and of þi vayne pride.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2454 Weldeȝ non so hyȝe hawtesse Þat ho ne con make ful tame.
1415 Crowned King 127 So shall thy hawtesse highlich be honoured.
1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 217 This Perewig of hawtesse.
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 166 Cæsar and Pompey's hautess being revived in them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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