18 February 2017
hauteur
[hoh-tur; French oh-tœr]
noun
1. haughty manner or spirit; arrogance.
Origin of hauteur
1620-1630; French, equivalent to haut high (see haughty ) + -eur -or1
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Examples from the Web for hauteur
Contemporary Examples
For all his reputation for hauteur, I would forever after remember this evidence of Vidal’s graciousness and self-confidence.
Putting Words in Gore Vidal’s Mouth—a Copywriter Recalls the 1982 Senate Campaign
Robert Chandler
August 5, 2012
Historical Examples
“I will not pretend to misunderstand your meaning,” he said, slowly and with hauteur.
The Mystery Girl
Carolyn Wells
He was also accused of hauteur and of an unsoldierly reserve with his brother officers.
White Lies
Charles Reade
I never heard a speaker or actor who could give such a sting to hauteur or the taunt.
Complete Prose Works
Walt Whitman
Then aloud he demanded, with hauteur : “Who do you wish to see, lady?”
A Little Miss Nobody
Amy Bell Marlowe
Into the manner of young Mr. Stuart Farquaharson came now the hauteur of dignified rebuke.
The Tyranny of Weakness
Charles Neville Buck
The hauteur of being one of the élite of Joralemon again flashed out.
The Trail of the Hawk
Sinclair Lewis
“I have always been that,” declared William, with just a touch of hauteur.
Miss Billy
Eleanor H. Porter
Of all nations on earth, they require to be treated with the most hauteur.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
“Not specially,” she said, with a sudden accession of hauteur.
The Mystery Girl
Carolyn Wells
Anagram
urea hut
Today’s quote
But which is the stone that supports the bridge?
– Kublai Khan
On this day
18 February 1294 – death of Kublai Khan, of the Mongol Empire. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan. In 1271, Kublai Khan established the Yuan Empire ruling over modern-day Mongolia, China and Korea. He became the first non-Chinese Emperor to conquer all of China. He was born on 23 February 1215.
18 February 1965 – Australian Freedom Rides led by Charles Perkins. The Freedom Rides were inspired by the Freedom Rides in America. Perkins and 33 others travelled by bus to numerous towns in New South Wales challenging and protesting against discrimination and segregation. They picketed pools, parks and pubs where aborigines were expected to be segregated. Some of the protests turned violent, such as in Moree and Walgett when locals attacked the protesters. One of the protesters was Jim Spigelman who became Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales and later, Chief Justice of New South Wales. Charles Perkins became the first aborigine to graduate from university.