From the ArcaMax Publishing, Vocabulary Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/vocabulary/s-346678-629186
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.