From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty + -ness.

Questions about haughtiness

What does haughtiness mean?: Haughtiness means the state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
What is haughtiness in Hindi?: Haughtiness in Hindi is अभिमान (abhimān), घमंड (ghamaṇḍ). See Haughtiness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is haughtiness?: Haughtiness is a noun.
What is the plural of haughtiness?: The plural of haughtiness is haughtinesses.

Words near haughtiness in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: haughtiness (page history and authors); प्रमाद (Marathi) (page history and authors); haughtiness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आरोह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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