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English
Etymology
From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft + -y; see loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lofty (comparative loftier, superlative loftiest)
- high, tall, having great height or stature.
1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.
1862, George Borrow, chapter 98, in Wild Wales, archived from the original on 24 December 2011:On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.
- idealistic, implying over-optimism
a lofty goal
3 November 2013, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
- extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books:that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
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high, having great height or stature
- Arabic: شَاهِق m (šāhiq)
- Bulgarian: висо́к (bg) (visók), изди́гнат (bg) (izdígnat)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 峨 (zh) (é), 巍峨 (zh) (wēi'é), 嵩 (zh) (sōng)
- Dutch: hoogstaand (nl)
- Finnish: korkea (fi)
- French: haut (fr)
- German: hoch (de), (almost exclusively in the form "in luftiger Höhe" ) luftig (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὑψηλός (hupsēlós)
- Hebrew:גבוה (he) gavoha
- Italian: maestoso (it), alto (it)
- Japanese: 素晴らしい (ja) (subarashii), 立派な (ja) (rippa na), 崇高な (ja) (sūkō na), 高尚な (ja) (kōshō na)
- Korean: 높다 (ko) (nopda)
- Latin: celsus, excelsus
- Macedonian: ви́сок (vísok), и́здигнат (ízdignat)
- Maori: tīkokekoke, tikoke, paratū
- Polish: wysoki (pl) m
- Portuguese: majestoso (pt) m, altivo (pt)
- Romanian: măreț (ro)
- Russian: высо́кий (ru) (vysókij)
- Spanish: majestuoso (es)
- Swahili: refu (sw)
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