1200 ( heh i mahhte) "exalted and powerful," formerly a compliment to princes, etc. High-water mark is what is left by a flood or highest tide (1550s) figurative use by 1814. High tea (1831) is one at which hot meats are served. ![]() the sense is "full, total, complete." High finance (1884) is that concerned with large sums. High noon (when the sun is at the meridian) is from early 14c. High time "fully time, the fullness of time," is from late 14c. High school "school for advanced studies" attested from late 15c. 1200 (Old English had heahsynn "deadly sin, crime"). Of an evil or a punishment, "grave, serious, severe" (as in high treason), c. 1200) is reflected in high-handed and high horse. Sense of "proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious" (c. Meaning "euphoric or exhilarated from alcohol" is first attested 1620s, of drugs, 1932. 1200 ( high road in the figurative sense is from 1793). ![]() Of roads, "most frequented or important," c. Spelling with -gh represents a final guttural sound in the original word, lost since 14c. The group is of uncertain origin perhaps related to Lithuanian kaukara "hill," from PIE *kouko. Old English heh (Anglian), heah (West Saxon) "of great height, tall, conspicuously elevated lofty, exalted, high-class," from Proto-Germanic *hauha- (source also of Old Saxon hoh, Old Norse har, Danish høi, Swedish hög, Old Frisian hach, Dutch hoog, Old High German hoh, German hoch, Gothic hauhs "high " also German Hügel "hill," Old Norse haugr "mound").
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