purse-proud

See also: purseproud

English

Alternative forms

• purseproud

Etymology

From purse +‎ proud.

Adjective

purse-proud (comparative more purse-proud, superlative most purse-proud)

1. Haughty in the possession of riches.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “purse-proud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)