Friday, August 29, 2008

VOCABULARY OF THE DAY



Today's Word "hauteur"
hauteur \haw-TUR; (h)oh-\ (noun) - Haughty manner, spirit, or bearing; haughtiness; arrogance. "She was unremarkable in every way save for the hauteur with which she regarded him." -- Karen Robards, 'Scandalous' Hauteur is from the French, from haut, "high," from Latin altus, "high." It is thus related to altitude.

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