toplofty [ top-lawf-tee, -lof- ]
adjective
1. condescending; haughty.
Often top·loft·i·cal.
OTHER WORDS FROM TOPLOFTY
top·loft·i·ly, adverb
top·loft·i·ness, noun
WORDS RELATED TO TOPLOFTY
aloof, arrogant, averse, contemptuous, derisive, haughty, unsympathetic, antipathetic, cavalier, cold-shoulder, contemning, cool, despising, egotistic, high-and-mighty, hoity-toity, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing
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Origin: First recorded in 1815–25; top + lofty
HOW TO USE TOPLOFTY IN A SENTENCE
On the evening of the theater party, Mrs. Toplofty herself stands in the lobby to receive the guests.
ETIQUETTE|EMILY POST
Her grandmother, who was a Toplofty, made all her grandchildren walk daily across a polished floor with sand-bags on their heads.
ETIQUETTE|EMILY POST
But all their gay upper works, so toplofty and frail, showed a gleaming white front to the western sun.
GIDEON'S BAND|GEORGE W. CABLE
Mrs. Toplofty asked you to dinner to-night and I accepted for you—hope that was all right.
ETIQUETTE|EMILY POST
No one, however, has discovered that invitations to Mrs. Toplofty's are any less welcome.
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