pride

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.

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  • IPA(key): /pɹaɪd/, [ˈpɹ̥ʷaɪd]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪd
  • Homophone: pried

Noun[edit]

pride (countable and uncountable, plural prides)

  1. The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
  2. (having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; rejection of shame
    He took pride in his work.
    He had pride of ownership in his department.
  3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
    Synonyms: disdain, hubris
    • 1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables
      Pride goeth before the fall.
  4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
  5. Show; ostentation; glory.
  6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
  7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
  8. Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
  9. (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.
    A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
  10. (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
  11. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).

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pride (third-person singular simple present prides, present participle priding, simple past and past participle prided)

  2. (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
    I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
    • 1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
      Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person.
    • 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:
      RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pride in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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