Emily Dickinson Lexicon

high (-er, -est), adj. [OE héah < Germanic, elevated.] (webplay: color, court, dear, deep, divine, excellence, feelings, hour, low, mighty, mind, nature, proud, rank, rich, rising, rock, soul, sound, sun, tower, wind).

1. Great; grand; important; of exalted rank.
2. [Fig.] heavenly; exalted; dignified.
3. Fancy; costly; eloquent; ostentatious.
4. Loud; acute; sharp; accented; lofty in pitch (as in music).
5. [Fig.] difficult; strenuous; out of reach.
6. Towering over; hovering above; elevated to a higher altitude than.
7. Hot; ardent; sultry; intense; extreme.
8. [Fig.] elevated above mortal constraints.
9. Phrase. "high up": proud; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; presumptuous.