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Hauteur

//oʊˈtɝ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness. countable, uncountable

    "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?"

  2. 2
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors wordnet

Etymology

From French hauteur.

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