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Today's Word "hauteur"

Haughty manner or bearing on

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hauteur \haw-TUR; (h)oh-\ (noun) - Haughty manner, spirit, or bearing; haughtiness; arrogance.

"She was unremarkable in every way save for the hauteur with which she regarded him." -- Karen Robards, 'Scandalous'

 

Hauteur is from the French, from haut, "high," from Latin altus, "high." It is thus related to altitude.


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