LOFT'INESS, noun 1. Height; elevation in place or position; altitude; as the loftiness of a mountain. 2. Pride; haughtiness. Augustus and Tiberius had loftiness enough in their tempers - 3. Elevation of attitude or mien; as loftiness of carriage. 4. Sublimity; elevation of diction or sentiment. Three poets in three distant ages born; the first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; the next in majesty; in both the last. First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Isaiah 2:17
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI