Dictionary

toplofty en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Self-important, haughty.
   • 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:
   • [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:
   • A more toplofty, chilling man she had never known. 2002, Mary Balogh, No Man's Mistress, →ISBN, page 373:

Forms

Deriveds

toploftily · toploftiness

Relateds

toploftical

Synonyms

pompous · condescending · pretentious