higher and mightier
higher and mightier is the comparative form of high and mighty.
Meaning of high and mighty
Adjective
high and mighty (comparative higher and mightier or more high and mighty, superlative highest and mightiest or most high and mighty)
- Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.
- The high and mighty are to be found at the Fairlawn Country Club on pleasant afternoons.
- A courtesy title applied to members of the States General of the Dutch Republic.
- To the High and Migthie Lords States-Generall at The Haghe. (…)
Most High and Mightie Lords,
After I had my dispatch from the king of Barbary Muley Sidan, the same day I was to embarke, came to me the alkaid of Saffia with a packet of letters directed to Your High and Mightie Lords, whearin one (as...1615 March 16, John Harrison, “Lettre de John Harrison aux États-Généraux”, in Henry de Castries, editor, Les sources inédites de l'histoire du Maroc de 1530 à 1845. 1e série: Dynastie saadienne...
- To the High and Migthie Lords States-Generall at The Haghe. (…)
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