Definition of Haughtinesses

1. haughtiness [n] - See also: haughtiness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haughtinesses

hauckite
haud
hauding
hauds
haue
hauerite
hauf
haufs
haugh
haughs
haught
haughtier
haughtiest
haughtily
haughtiness
haughtinesses
haughty
hauing
haul
haul away
haul down
haul somebody over the coals
haul up
haulage
haulages
hauld

Literary usage of Haughtinesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1921)
"Yea, I will tell thee that I deem shall even be brought to pass: by his own haughtinesses shall he soon lose his life. ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Behold how he dives, at noonday, into the infectious hovels of the mean; and on the equipages, haughtinesses, and even dinner-invitations of the great, ..."

3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... that one of his suspicions, of his ' distrust, his haughtinesses, his dissimulation' (meaning polite impenetrability when he saw good). ..."

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