Situated above the ground or exceeding the common degree or
measure.
Exceeding the common degree or measure; strong; intense.
Meteo.: An area of high pressure, referring to a maximum of atmospheric
pressure. Same as → anticyclone (Fr. haute pression).
Etymology (EN): M.E. heigh, variants hegh, hey, heh;
O.E. heh, heah “of great height, lofty, tall,”
(cf. Du. hoog, O.H.G. hoh,
Ger. hoch, Goth. hauhs “high;” also Ger. Hügel
“hill”); from PIE *koukos “hill.”
Etymology (PE): Boland “high,” variants bâlâ
“up, above, high, elevated, height,” borz “height, magnitude”
(it occurs also in the name of the mountain chain Alborz),
Lori dialect berg “hill, mountain;”
Mid.Pers. buland “high;” O.Pers. baršan- “height;”
Av. barəz- “high, mount,” barezan- “height;” cf.
Skt. bhrant- “high;” L. fortis “strong” (Fr. & E. force);
O.E. burg, burh “castle, fortified place,” from P.Gmc.
*burgs “fortress;” Ger. Burg “castle,” Goth. baurgs “city,”
E. burg, borough, Fr. bourgeois, bourgeoisie, faubourg);
PIE base *bhergh- “high.”
Meh “great, large” (Mid.Pers. meh, mas, Av. maz-, masan-, mazant-
“great, important,” mazan- “greatness, majesty,” mazišta-
“greatest,” cf. Skt. mah-, mahant-, Gk. megas,
L. magnus; PIE *meg- “great”).
Por “much, very, too much; full” (Mid.Pers. purr “full;”
O.Pers. paru- “much, many;” Av. parav-, pauru-, pouru-, from
par- “to fill;” PIE base *pelu- “full,” from *pel-
“to be full;” cf. Skt. puru-; Gk. polus;
O.E. full).
