orgulous
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From Middle English orgulous, orgeilous, from Old French orgueilleus, orguillus (“proud”), from orgoil, orgueil (“pride”), from Old Low Frankish *urgol (“pride”). Cognate with Old High German urguol (“excellent”), Old English orgel (“pride”). More at orgul.
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orgulous (comparative more orgulous, superlative most orgulous)
- Proud; haughty; disdainful.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, Macmillan and Co. (1891), page 52 (Book II, Chapter IV):
- At that time there was a knight, the which was the king's son of Ireland, and his name was Lanceor, the which was an orgulous knight, and counted himself one of the best of the court; and he had great despite at Balin for the achieving of the sword, that any should be accounted more hardy, or of more prowess.
- 1966, Eric Walter White, Stravinsky the Composer and his Works, University of California Press (1966), page 5:
- Her nephew describes her as 'an orgulous and despotic woman', and it is clear that he noticed and resented her numerous unkindnesses.
- 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, Arrow Books (2011), ISBN 0099476428, pages 14-15:
- They knew that my lord of Arundel had grown so orgulous that he had lately dared to marry the Earl of March's sister, without license.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, Macmillan and Co. (1891), page 52 (Book II, Chapter IV):
- Ostentatious; showy.
- Swollen; augmented; excessive.
- Threatening; dangerous.
