pridian

[Lat. pridie on the day before.] Pertaining or belonging to the previous day. ( Thackeray: Shabby Genteel Story, ch. ii.) prid-ing, pr. par. or a. [PRIDE, v.] *prid-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. priding ; -ly.] In a proud manner; with pride, proudly. priē, v. t. [For prieve=prove.] To taste; to prove by tasting. "But I am in some haste to prie your worship's good cheer."-Scott: Red- gauntlet , ch. vii. *prie, s . [See def.) An old name for the privet. "Lop popler and sallow, elme, maple, and prie ." Tu er: Husbandry , xxxv. 15. *prie, v . i . [Fr. prier =to pray.] prie-dieu, s . [Fr.=pray God.] A kneeling-desk for prayers. pri-er, s. [English prie (=pry); -er.] One who Exuberance of animal spirits; fire, of the sexual appetite in a female animal. "Were they as salt as wolves in pride ." Shakesp.: Othello, iii. 3. *5. Wantonne , extravagance, exce . "Who in their pride do presently abuse it." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 864. *6. Impertinence, insolence, impudence. "Advance their pride against that power that bred it." Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , iii. 1. 7. That of which one is or may be proud; a source or cause of pride. (1) A person, or number of persons, of whom others are proud. "A bold peasantry, their country's pride , When once destroyed, can never be supplied." Goldsmith: Deserted Village , 55. (2) A feature or characteristic of which one may be proud; an ornament. (3) Ornament, decoration, beauty. "The purple pride that on thy soft cheek dwells." Shakesp.: Sonnet 99. (4) Splendid show; ostentation. " Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war." Shakesp.: Othello, iii. 3. (5) Prime; highest excellence or pitch. "There died my Icarus in his pride." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . I., iv. 7. *8. Highest point. "A falcon towering in her pride of place." Shakesp.: Macbeth, ii. 4. *9. The full power. "Hardly we escaped the pride of France." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., iii. 2. *10. Exce ive richne . "The ground having his pride abated in the first crop." -G. Markham: Husbandry. II. Her .: A term applied to the peacock, turkey cock, and other birds which spread their tails in a circular form and drop their wings; as, a peacock in his pride . Pride and vanity are not the same, or even closely akin. The proud man has so good an opinion of himself, and is so satisfied that that opinion is correct, that he does not care what the world thinks of him, and makes no special effort to conciliate its good opinion. The vain man distrusts his own favorable judgment of himself, and wishes it to be confirmed by the world. He therefore makes known his good deeds. Men really great are under temptation to be proud, while smaller men and many females tend to vanity.