high-sighted

adj

high-sighted

adj
1

Obsolete haughty or arrogant.

  • So let high-sighted tyranny range on1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

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