"lofty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɒfti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɔːfti/ [General-American], /ˈlɑfti/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-lofty.ogg [US] Forms: loftier [comparative], loftiest [superlative]
enPR: lŏftʹi, lôftʹi Rhymes: -ɒfti, -ɔːfti Etymology: From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft + -y; see loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lofty}} Middle English lofty, {{m|enm|lofti}} lofti, {{m|enm|lofte|t=of high rank; noble; ornate}} lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), {{suffix|en|loft|y}} loft + -y, {{m|en|loft|t=sky, firmament; upper room}} loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lofty (comparative loftier, superlative loftiest)
  1. high, tall, having great height or stature Synonyms (having great height or stature): noble, honorable Translations (high, having great height or stature): ὑψηλός (hupsēlós) (Ancient Greek), شَاهِق (šāhiq) [masculine] (Arabic), висо́к (visók) (Bulgarian), изди́гнат (izdígnat) (Bulgarian), (é) (Chinese Mandarin), 巍峨 (wēi'é) (Chinese Mandarin), (sōng) (Chinese Mandarin), hoogstaand (Dutch), korkea (Finnish), haut (French), hoch (German), luftig (alt: almost exclusively in the form "in luftiger Höhe" [in lofty height]) (German), גבוה gavoha (Hebrew), maestoso (Italian), alto (Italian), 素晴らしい (subarashii) (Japanese), 立派な (rippa na) (Japanese), 崇高な (sūkō na) (Japanese), 高尚な (kōshō na) (Japanese), 높다 (nopda) (Korean), celsus (Latin), excelsus (Latin), ви́сок (vísok) (Macedonian), и́здигнат (ízdignat) (Macedonian), tīkokekoke (Maori), tikoke (Maori), paratū (Maori), wysoki [masculine] (Polish), majestoso [masculine] (Portuguese), altivo (Portuguese), măreț (Romanian), высо́кий (vysókij) (Russian), majestuoso (Spanish), refu (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-lofty-en-adj-NaLbBi8d Disambiguation of 'having great height or stature': 92 5 3 Disambiguation of 'high, having great height or stature': 93 4 3
  2. idealistic, implying over-optimism Translations (idealistic): վեհ (veh) (Armenian), възвишен (vǎzvišen) (Bulgarian), ambitieus (Dutch), ylevä (Finnish), ambitioniert (German), hochgesteckt (German), נשגב nisgav נאצל neetzal (Hebrew), nobile (Italian), 高遠な (kōen na) (Japanese), 높다 (nopda) (Korean), во́звишен (vózvišen) (Macedonian), ard-aignagh (Manx), szczytny [masculine] (Polish), wzniosły [masculine] (Polish), ambicioso [masculine] (Portuguese), măreț (Romanian), возвы́шенный (vozvýšennyj) (Russian), возвели́ченный (vozvelíčennyj) (Russian), высо́кий (vysókij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lofty-en-adj-qgwDPZhd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 51 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 19 51 30 Disambiguation of 'idealistic': 3 87 10
  3. extremely proud; arrogant; haughty Translations (extremely proud): надме́нен (nadménen) (Bulgarian), високоме́рен (visokoméren) (Bulgarian), kopea (Finnish), überheblich (German), hochmütig (German), גבה לב gvá-lev (Hebrew), מתנשא mitnassé (Hebrew), יהיר yahir (Hebrew), на́дмен (nádmen) (Macedonian), го́рделив (górdeliv) (Macedonian), semeț (Romanian), высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj) (Russian), надме́нный (nadménnyj) (Russian), гордели́вый (gordelívyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lofty-en-adj-4YK707np Disambiguation of 'extremely proud': 1 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: loftily, loftiness, lofty ship, mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails, Mount Lofty Related terms: loft, aloft

Inflected forms

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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",
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          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šāhiq",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
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          "word": "شَاهِق"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "visók",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "висо́к"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izdígnat",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "изди́гнат"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "é",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "峨"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
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          "roman": "sōng",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "嵩"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "hoogstaand"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "korkea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "haut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "hoch"
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          "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"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hupsēlós",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "ὑψηλός"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "גבוה gavoha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "maestoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "alto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "subarashii",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "素晴らしい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rippa na",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "立派な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sūkō na",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "崇高な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōshō na",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "高尚な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nopda",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "높다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "celsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "excelsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vísok",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "ви́сок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ízdignat",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "и́здигнат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "tīkokekoke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "tikoke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "paratū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wysoki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "majestoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "altivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "măreț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vysókij",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "высо́кий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "majestuoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "high, having great height or stature",
          "word": "refu"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "14 51 35",
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          "_dis": "19 51 30",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a lofty goal",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "idealistic, implying over-optimism"
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "veh",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "վեհ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎzvišen",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "възвишен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "ambitieus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "ylevä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "ambitioniert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "hochgesteckt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "נשגב nisgav נאצל neetzal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "nobile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōen na",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "高遠な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nopda",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "높다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vózvišen",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "во́звишен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "ard-aignagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szczytny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wzniosły"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ambicioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "măreț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozvýšennyj",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "возвы́шенный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozvelíčennyj",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "возвели́ченный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vysókij",
          "sense": "idealistic",
          "word": "высо́кий"
        }
      ]
    },
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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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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extremely proud; arrogant; haughty"
      ],
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          "extremely"
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          "proud",
          "proud"
        ],
        [
          "arrogant",
          "arrogant"
        ],
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          "haughty",
          "haughty"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nadménen",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "надме́нен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "visokoméren",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "високоме́рен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "kopea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "überheblich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "hochmütig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "גבה לב gvá-lev"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "מתנשא mitnassé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "יהיר yahir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nádmen",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "на́дмен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "górdeliv",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "го́рделив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "semeț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vysokomérnyj",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "высокоме́рный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nadménnyj",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "надме́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gordelívyj",
          "sense": "extremely proud",
          "word": "гордели́вый"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɒfti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔːfti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɑfti/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfti"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːfti"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lofty.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/En-us-lofty.ogg/En-us-lofty.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-us-lofty.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lŏftʹi"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lôftʹi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lofty"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"having great height or stature\"",
      "word": "mean"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"having great height or stature\"",
      "word": "ignoble"
    },
    {
      "english": "idealistic",
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "antonym(s) of"
    }
  ],
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒfti",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒfti/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːfti"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "loftily"
    },
    {
      "word": "loftiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofty ship"
    },
    {
      "word": "mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mount Lofty"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lofty"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lofty",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lofti"
      },
      "expansion": "lofti",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lofte",
        "t": "of high rank; noble; ornate"
      },
      "expansion": "lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "loft",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "loft + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "loft",
        "t": "sky, firmament; upper room"
      },
      "expansion": "loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft + -y; see loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loftier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loftiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "lofty (comparative loftier, superlative loftiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "loft"
    },
    {
      "word": "aloft"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "high, tall, having great height or stature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ],
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ],
        [
          "stature",
          "stature"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a lofty goal",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "idealistic, implying over-optimism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idealistic",
          "idealistic"
        ],
        [
          "optimism",
          "optimism"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books",
          "text": "that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extremely proud; arrogant; haughty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "proud",
          "proud"
        ],
        [
          "arrogant",
          "arrogant"
        ],
        [
          "haughty",
          "haughty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɒfti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔːfti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɑfti/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfti"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːfti"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lofty.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/En-us-lofty.ogg/En-us-lofty.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-us-lofty.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lŏftʹi"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lôftʹi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "having great height or stature",
      "word": "noble"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having great height or stature",
      "word": "honorable"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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": "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": "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": "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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