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Middle English
Etymology
See haughty.
Adjective
hautein
- haughty; proud
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 40, line 614:
For sothe, Salomon seith, that ‘flaterie is wors than detraccioun.’ For som-tyme detraccion maketh an hautein man be the more humble, for he dredeth detraccion; but certes flaterye, that maketh a man to enhauncen his herte and his contenaunce.- For truly, Solomon says that ‘Flattery is worse than detraction.’ For sometimes detraction makes a haughty man be the more humble, for he dreads detraction; but certainly flattery, that makes a man to make his heart and his behavior grow proud.
- (of the voice or flight of birds) high