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"ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:",
"text": "The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.",
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"ref": "1862, George Borrow, chapter 98, in Wild Wales, archived from the original on 2011-12-24:",
"text": "On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.",
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"ref": "1885, Richard F. Burton, “Night 551”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:",
"text": "When the night was half spent, I rose and walked on, till the day broke in all its beauty and the sun rose over the heads of the lofty hills and athwart the low gravelly plains.",
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"word": "hoogstaand"
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"word": "גבוה gavoha"
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"text": "a lofty goal",
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"ref": "3 November 2013, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:",
"text": "A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.",
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"ref": "1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books:",
"text": "that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers",
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"word": "גבה לב gvá-lev"
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"word": "מתנשא mitnassé"
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"word": "יהיר yahir"
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
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},
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"rhymes": "-ɔːfti"
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"sense": "antonym(s) of “having great height or stature”",
"word": "mean"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “having great height or stature”",
"word": "ignoble"
},
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"english": "idealistic",
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"vulgar"
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"Terms with Armenian translations",
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"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Manx translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swahili translations"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "loftily"
},
{
"word": "loftiness"
},
{
"word": "lofty ship"
},
{
"word": "Mount Lofty"
}
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "loft",
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"t1": "sky, firmament; upper room"
},
"expansion": "loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) + -y",
"name": "suf"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) + -y.",
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"form": "loftier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "loftiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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"word": "aloft"
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
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{
"ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:",
"text": "The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1862, George Borrow, chapter 98, in Wild Wales, archived from the original on 2011-12-24:",
"text": "On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1885, Richard F. Burton, “Night 551”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:",
"text": "When the night was half spent, I rose and walked on, till the day broke in all its beauty and the sun rose over the heads of the lofty hills and athwart the low gravelly plains.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"High",
"high#English"
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"tall",
"tall"
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[
"height",
"height"
],
[
"stature",
"stature"
]
]
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"English terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "a lofty goal",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "3 November 2013, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:",
"text": "A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Idealistic, implying over-optimism."
],
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"Idealistic",
"idealistic#English"
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"optimism",
"optimism"
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]
},
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"categories": [
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books:",
"text": "that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty."
],
"links": [
[
"Extremely",
"extremely#English"
],
[
"proud",
"proud"
],
[
"arrogant",
"arrogant"
],
[
"haughty",
"haughty"
]
]
}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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{
"ipa": "/ˈlɒfti/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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"enpr": "lôftʹi",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɔːfti/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "lŏftʹi",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɑfti/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒfti"
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"rhymes": "-ɔːfti"
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{
"sense": "having great height or stature",
"word": "noble"
},
{
"sense": "having great height or stature",
"word": "honorable"
}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šāhiq",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شَاهِق"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "visók",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "висо́к"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izdígnat",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "изди́гнат"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "é",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "峨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wēi'é",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "巍峨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sōng",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "嵩"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "hoogstaand"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "korkea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "haut"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "elevado"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "maxestoso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "hoch"
},
{
"alt": "almost exclusively in the form \"in luftiger Höhe\" [in lofty height]",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "luftig"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupsēlós",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "ὑψηλός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "גבוה gavoha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "maestoso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "alto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "subarashii",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "素晴らしい"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rippa na",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "立派な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sūkō na",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "崇高な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōshō na",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "高尚な"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nopda",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "높다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "celsus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "excelsus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vísok",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "ви́сок"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízdignat",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "и́здигнат"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "tīkokekoke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "tikoke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "paratū"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wysoki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "majestoso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "altivo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "măreț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vysókij",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "высо́кий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "majestuoso"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "high, having great height or stature",
"word": "refu"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "veh",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "վեհ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzvišen",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "възвишен"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "ambitieus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "ylevä"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "elevado"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "nobre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "ambitioniert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "hochgesteckt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "נשגב nisgav נאצל neetzal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "nobile"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōen na",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "高遠な"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nopda",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "높다"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vózvišen",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "во́звишен"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "ard-aignagh"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idealistic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szczytny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idealistic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wzniosły"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idealistic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ambicioso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "măreț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvýšennyj",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "возвы́шенный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvelíčennyj",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "возвели́ченный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vysókij",
"sense": "idealistic",
"word": "высо́кий"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadménen",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "надме́нен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "visokoméren",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "високоме́рен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "kopea"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "altivo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "arrogante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "soberbio"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "soberbioso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "überheblich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "hochmütig"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "גבה לב gvá-lev"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "מתנשא mitnassé"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "יהיר yahir"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nádmen",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "на́дмен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "górdeliv",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "го́рделив"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "semeț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vysokomérnyj",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "высокоме́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadménnyj",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "надме́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gordelívyj",
"sense": "extremely proud",
"word": "гордели́вый"
}
],
"word": "lofty"
}
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