paughty, pauchty, a. Sc. and north. dial.
(ˈpɔːtɪ, Sc. pɑxtɪ)
Also Yorksh. pafty.
[Origin unknown.]
Haughty, proud; saucy, insolent, impertinent.
| 1572 A. Arbuthnot Mis. pure Scolar in Pinkerton Anc. Sc. Poems (1786) 153 Pauchtie pryd richt sair do I detest. 1637–50 Row Hist. Ch. Sc. (Wodrow Soc.) 395 Maxuell, Bishop of Rosse, (that proud and paughtie peece). 1720 Ramsay Wealth 99 Even handycraftsmen..strut fou paughty in the alley. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth xxvi, The disgust which the paughty Hieland varlet had always shown for my honest trade. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Pafty, impertinent. 1890 Edwards Mod. Scot. Poets 169, I never fleetch the paughty fair. |