highest and mightiest

Adjective

high and mighty (comparative higher and mightier or more high and mighty, superlative highest and mightiest or most high and mighty)

1. (figuratively) Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.
   • The high and mighty are to be found at the Fairlawn Country Club on pleasant afternoons.
2. (historical) 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...

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