Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryHigh, tall, having great height or stature. · Idealistic, implying over-optimism. · Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty.
From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) + -y.
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- Inherited-form mentionloftyenm
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