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haughtiness

Haughtiness (noun) means the state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

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The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
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Etymology

From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty + -ness.

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"haughtiness" (noun) means the state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

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