toplofty
adj1
Self-important, haughty.
- [T]he butler had entered, bearing in a toplofty fashion a huge silver platter, upon which lay a superb salmon, beautifully cooked and garnished.1897, John Kendrick Bangs, “Unexpected Pomp at the Perkins's”, in Paste Jewels:
- Britain's Manchester Guardian . . . often irritates politicians with toplofty editorials suggesting that the paper is not only on the side of the angels but right alongside them in heaven.1956 November 5, “The Press: Change at the Guardian”, in Time, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2010:
1 more example
- A more toplofty, chilling man she had never known.2002, Mary Balogh, No Man's Mistress, →ISBN, page 373:
- Synonyms
- condescending, pompous, pretentious
- Derived terms
- toploftily, toploftiness
- Related terms
- toploftical