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hauteur

noun

hau·​teur hȯ-ˈtər How to pronounce hauteur (audio)
(h)ō-

Example Sentences

she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed
Recent Examples on the Web Cats are not thought to be such selfless creatures, what with their hauteur and froideur and general aura of disregard. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Lisa Howard endows Shiz headmistress Madame Morrible with an enjoyably withering hauteur, wringing every ounce of performative juice out of the character. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022 And leave it to her to do so with a hauteur that belies her giddiness — a holdover, maybe, from her early career as a model, starting in high school. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022 Garner all but disappears behind Anna’s thick Russian-German accent and chunky designer glasses, wielding an air of hauteur like an impenetrable shield. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022 Yanagihara’s dismissive portrayal of these efforts is reminiscent of V.S. Naipaul in its hauteur. Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022 Jagger is, in fact, distracted by a solo career; the other band members aren’t happy about that, or about his growing hauteur after almost two decades of managing the band’s affairs. Bill Wyman, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021 Her best quality is her remarkable work ethic; her worst is a five-way tie between crankiness, pettiness, self-indulgence, hauteur and, of course, hackery. Judy Berman, Time, 28 May 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from haut high — more at haughty

First Known Use

circa 1628, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hauteur was circa 1628

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