Hauteur
//oʊˈtɝ// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors wordnet
Example
More examples"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?"
Etymology
From French hauteur.
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