toploftiness

There is what an Irish Member, in a moment of inspiration, called a "toploftiness" about his social demeanour which is not a little irritating.

Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

He later wrote, “That week, the postman rang and rang, and I paid off my terrible small debts, bought a suit, and woke up every morning into a world of ineffable toploftiness and promise.”

f. scott fitzgerald | what people are ashamed of usually makes a good story « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007

The one who'd scowled at Rhavas shed his toploftiness like a lizard wriggling out of its skin.

Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

The rhetoric of Fiske and Strong is not our rhetoric, no doubt, but toploftiness is not imperialism.

Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

The rhetoric of Fiske and Strong is not our rhetoric, no doubt, but toploftiness is not imperialism.

Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

Crudity, "freshness" on our side, arrogance, toploftiness on theirs: such is one generalization I would have you disengage from my anecdotes.

A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Owen Wister 1899