Haugh"ty (-t?), a.
[Compar. Haughtier (-tĭ*ẽr);
superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F.
hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L.
altus. See Altitude.]
1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or
Archaic]
To measure the most haughty mountain's
height.
Spenser.
Equal unto this haughty
enterprise.
Spenser.
2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud;
arrogant; overbearing.
A woman of a haughty and imperious
nature.
Clarendon.
3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a
haughty carriage.
Satan, with vast and haughty strides
advanced,
Came towering.
Milton.