Haughtiness is the proud, unfriendly manner itself — the quality of looking down on people. If haughtily is how someone acts in a moment, haughtiness is the name of that pride.

Haughtiness is the proud, unfriendly manner itselfHaughtiness指的就是那種驕傲、不友善的態度本身 — the quality of looking down on people也就是瞧不起人的特質。If haughtily is how someone acts in a moment如果說haughtily是某人某一刻的表現方式, haughtiness is the name of that pride那haughtiness就是那份驕傲的名稱。

It can be a passing look or a whole way of being. Writers use it when they want to name the ice in a room: not simple confidence (which can be warm), but pride that pushes others away.

It can be a passing look它可以是一閃而過的神情, or a whole way of being也可以是整個人的一貫作風。Writers use it作家會用這個字 when they want to name the ice in a room來形容一個房間裡那股冷冰冰的氣氛：not simple confidence不是單純的自信 (which can be warm)（自信可以是溫暖的）, but pride that pushes others away而是那種把別人推開的驕傲。

It is a fairly formal noun; in speech people more often say pride, arrogance, or she’s so full of herself.

It is a fairly formal noun它是個相當正式的名詞; in speech在口語裡 people more often say pride, arrogance, or she's so full of herself人們比較常說pride、arrogance，或是「她也太自以為是了」。

Same family as haughty: the older French behind it, hautain, sits on haut, “high” — the picture is someone standing high and looking down. Today we just feel it as cold pride, not as height.

Same family as haughty跟haughty同一個字族: the older French behind it背後那個較古老的法文, hautain是hautain, sits on haut, "high"建立在haut（「高」）上面 — the picture is someone standing high and looking down這個畫面是有人站得高高的、往下看人。Today今天 we just feel it as cold pride我們感覺到的就只是冷冷的驕傲, not as height而不是「高度」這件事。