proud
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[edit] Etymology
Late Old English prūd "arrogant, haughty", akin to Old Norse prūðr "stately, fine", Icel. prúður "stately, handsome", M.Swed. prudh, Dan. prud "handsome", of uncertain origin. Possibly from VL < Old French prud ‘brave, gallant’ (modern French preux), from late Latin *prōdis, related to Latin prōdesse ‘to be of value’.
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- IPA: /pɹaʊd/
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- Rhymes: -aʊd
[edit] Adjective
proud (comparative prouder, superlative proudest)
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- Having a too high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
- Godolphin Horne Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. Hillair Belloc.
- Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; / He held the human race in scorn, / And lived with all his sisters where / His father lived, in Berkeley Square. / And oh! The lad was deathly proud! / He never shook your hand or bowed, / But merely smirked and nodded thus: / How perfectly ridiculous! / Alas! That such Affected Tricks / Should flourish in a child of six!
- Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
- I am proud of Sivu's schoolwork.
- Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
- I was too proud to apologise.
- Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
- It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
- (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
- Standing out or raised; swollen.
- After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.
- (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
- Happy, usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the South.
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- See also Wikisaurus:arrogant
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arrogant, supercilious
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gratified, honoured, satisfied
standing out, swollen
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proud m.