a. [ Compar. Haughtier superl. Haughtiest. ] [ OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. High; lofty; bold. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. [ 1913 Webster ]
A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]