lofty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of great height; noble in sentiment, or haughty

   He held lofty ideals about justice and reform.

From loft ('an upper room, height', from Old Norse lopt 'air, sky, upper room') + the adjectival suffix -y. The figurative senses 'noble' and 'haughty' developed from 'high'.

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