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(noun) - (1) A pretender to importance, probably derived from Dutch hoogmogende, all-powerful, a title of the Dutch states-general. Introduced in Samuel Butler's Hudibras (1663).
--Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
(2) Celsitude, chiefly as a title with highness, majesty.
--Mairi Robinson's Concise Scots Dictionary, 1985 (Commenter's note: reminds me of Huginn and Muninn, Odin's all-seeing ravens Probably unrelated, but interesting)
January 14, 2018