Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOFT'I-NESS, n.

1. Highth; elevation in place or position; altitude; as, the loftiness of a mountain.
2. Pride; haughtiness. Augustus and Tiberius had loftiness enough in their tempers. – Collier.
3. Elevation of attitude or mien; as, loftiness of carriage.
4. Sublimity; elevation of diction or sentiment. Three poets in three distinct ages born: / The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; / The next in majesty; in both the last. – Dryden.