subs. (colloquial).—High and mighty. In pl. = a state of dignified resentment.
1836. MARRYAT, Mr. Midshipman Easy, xxv. 187. Nevertheless, Jack walked his first watch in the ‘MAGNIFICENTS,’ as all middies do when they cannot go on shore, and turned in at twelve o’clock with the resolution of sticking to his purpose, and quitting his majesty’s service.
