haughtinessn.
/ˈhɔːtɪnɪs/ 1.
a. The quality of being haughty; loftiness of demeanour; pride, arrogance, disdainfulness.
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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
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 165 He coulde not longe abyde the hautynes of Petrus Arias.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxi. 23) The hawltinesse wherewith they be pufft up.
1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvii. 162 Honors made him haughty, and his haughtines to erre.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 42 To lay their hautinesse under a severity which they deserv'd.
a1745 J. Swift William II in Lett., etc. (1768) IV. 261 King William discovered so much haughtiness and disdain, both in words and gestures.
1872 J. L. Sanford Estimates Eng. Kings: Charles I 331 The dignity of bearing..was..often replaced and travestied by a frigid haughtiness.
b. as a mock title.
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1641 J. Milton Animadversions Pref. 2 To send home his haughtinesse well bespurted with his owne holy-water.
1794 J. Wolcot Ode in Wks. (1812) III. 261 Their most high Haughtinesses.
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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [noun] > exalted courage
haughtiness1564
1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius xv. f. 77 In hautinesse of courage..and in strength of body, he farre excelled all.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1176/1 Which answer..mooued a maruellous shout & reioising..the haltinesse [1577 heartinesse] thereof was so wonderfull.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. ix. 44 I hope that the haughtinesse of the Attempt..shall rather purchase pardon to my slippes, then blame for my rashnesse.
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