to lord it over. act self-important (to act in a way that shows one thinks one is better or more important than others) · to give oneself airs, swagger
çekim: geçmiş herrastellut · şimdiki herrastelee · ulaç herrasteleva
to affect, put on; feign, pretend · to put on airs.
çekim: geçmiş afektis · ortaç afektinta · ulaç afektanta
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin afficiō Latin affectusder. Esperanto afekti Derived from Latin affectus, the participle stem of afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from…
Literally, “to lift up [one's] nose”. Compare Ukrainian задирати носа (zadyraty nosa), Russian задирать нос (zadiratʹ nos) and further Norwegian Nynorsk nasen i vêret.