hautein

English

Etymology

See haughty.

Adjective

hautein (comparative more hautein, superlative most hautein)

  1. (obsolete) haughty; proud
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  2. (obsolete) high; said of the voice or flight of birds

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hautein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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