Meanings
adjectivehigh-nosed (comparative more high-nosed, superlative most high-nosed)
comparative more high-nosed · superlative most high-nosed
- datedsnobbish; supercilious
He pictured her to himself as a high-nosed, haughty-mannered, handsome, heartless woman, who would try to make him uncomfortable by being cold and distant to him.
1868, Annie Thomas, Playing for High Stakes, page 79
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