protutor (protutor)

[F. protuteur = Sp. protutor, 4802 proud, Dan. prud, stately, magnificent, are appar. from the AS.] 1. Having or cherishing a high opinion of one's own merits; showing great or lofty self-esteem; expecting great deference or consideration; haughty; full of pride. Specifically-(a) Having undue or inordinate pride; arrogant; haughty; supercilious; presumptuous. Better is it to beate a prowde man Then for to rebuke him; For he thinkes in his own conceyte He is wyse and very trim. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 96. We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud : even of his haughtine , and his pride, and wrath. Isa. xvi. 6. IMG:content-1167.png:[blocks in formation] provand Streght as a strike, straght thurgh the myddes [of her hair] Depertid the proud fall pertly in two, tre is tru et faire. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3025. proud-hearted (proud härted), a . Arrogant; haughty; proud. And so, proud - hearted Warwick, I defy thee. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., v. 1. 98. proudlingt (proud'ling), n. [ proud + -ling1 .] One who is proud: used in rebuke or contempt. Milde to the Meek, to Proud lings sterne and strict. Sylvester, tr. of P. Mathieu's Henry the Great, 1. 152. proudly (proud'li), adv . [ prudly , proud liche , prudliche , prutlice , prāt , proud: see proud .] In a proud manner; with inordinate self-esteem; haughtily; ostentatiously; with lofty mien or airs; with vigor or mettle. And past furth prudly his pray for to wyn. Question her proudly , let thy looks be stern. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 855. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 2. 62. proudne (proud'nes), n. [ proud + -ne .] The state or quality of being proud; pride. Set aside all arrogancy and proudne . Latimer , Sermons on the Lord's Prayer, ii. Pope , Epil. to Satires, ii. 205. proud-pied (proud'pid), a. Gorgeously varie Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune. Lady Clara Vere de Vere, Gray, On Himself. I know you proud to bear your name. Your pride is yet no mate for mine, Too proud to care from whence I came. Tennyson , Lady Clara Vere de Vere. (c) Priding one's self; having high satisfaction; elated: as, proud to serve a cause. What satisfaction can their deaths bring to you, That are prepar'd and proud to die, and willingly? Fletcher, Wife for a Month, ii. 3. A divine ambition and a zeal The boldest patriot might be proud to feel. Cowper , Charity, 1. 308. He'll be a credit till us a'- We'll a' be proud o' Robin. Burns , There was a Lad was born in Kyle. 2. Proceeding from pride; daring; dignified. As choice a copy of Verses as any we have heard since we met together; and that is a proud word, for we have heard very good ones. I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 188. gated. [Rare.] * Proud - pied April dre 'd in all his trim. Shak., Sonnets, xcviii. proud-stomached (proud's tum"akt), a . Of a haughty spirit; self-a erting; arrogant; high tempered. If you get a parcel of proud - stomached teachers that set the young dogs a rebelling, what else can you look for? Dickens , Nicholas Nickle by, xiii.