English → Latin
“haughty” in Latin
arrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someonesuperbusproud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous; proud, superior, superb, excellent, distiīnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentfastīdiōsussqueamish; nauseating; disdainful, scornfulsuperbiōto be haughty or proud; take pride in; to be superb
The English word haughty itself goes back to Latin altus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
haughty
arrogans: superbus: insolens: fastidiosus: ☞ fastosus very rare, and post-Augustan, [SYN. in ARROGANT]. To act in a haughty manner, superbire: to grow or become haughty, magnos sibi sumere spiritus; magnam arrogantiam sibi sumere; elatius se gerere: to become intolerably haughty, haud tolerandam sibi sumere arrogantiam: to become so haughty that, etc., eo insolentiae procedere ut, etc.: to make or render anybody haughty, inflare alicujus animum ad intolerabilem superbiam (of fortune, Liv., 45, 31): in a haughty manner; Vid: HAUGHTILY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for haughty?
- The usual Latin words for “haughty” are arrogō, superbus, īnsolēns; also fastīdiōsus, superbiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.