KJV Dictionary - haughty
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HAUGHTY
HAUGHTY, a. hau'ty. from haught.
1. Proud and disdainful; having a high opinion of one's self, with some contempt for others; lofty and arrogant; supercilious.
His wife was a woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
A haughty spirit goeth before a fall. Prov.16.
2. Proceeding from excessive pride, or pride mingled with contempt; manifesting pride and disdain; as a haughty air or walk.
3. Proud and imperious; as a haughty nation.
4. Lofty; bold; of high hazard; as a haughty enterprise.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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