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hauteurs

hauteurs is the plural of hauteur.

Meaning of hauteur

Noun

hauteur (countable and uncountable, plural hauteurs)

  1. Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness.
    • Who ever went into a public office, and was treated, as he is very apt to be, with the most offensive hauteur by some saucy, well-paid official, without feeling the desire to kick him rising strong within him?1842, Alexander Campbell, “Kickable People”, in Sketches of Life and Character, page 11

Questions about hauteurs

What is hauteurs the plural of?
Hauteurs is the plural of hauteur.

Words near hauteurs in the dictionary

  1. Hauters
  2. Hautes-Alpes
  3. Hautes-Pyrénées
  4. hautest
  5. hauteur
  6. hauteurs
  7. hauth
  8. hauths
  9. hautie
  10. hautpas
  11. hauts

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