Both Uses
haughty
in
The Whipping Boy
(Edited)
- This haughty prince didn't have the sense of a gnat.
p. 21.8 *haughty = arrogant (rude and stuck-up, like someone who looks down on others)
- This wasn't the same Prince Brat who'd run away the night before, bored with his own meanness and haughtiness and cruelty.
p. 77.4haughtiness = self-importance
Definitions:
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(1)
(haughty) arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)