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Webster 1913 Edition
Proud
Proud
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Prouder
; sup
erl.
Proudest
.] [OE.
proud
, prout
, prud
, prut
, AS. prūt
; akin to Icel. prūðr stately, handsome, Dan. prud
handsome. Cf. Pride
.] 1.
Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
; as: (a)
Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one’s excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
Nor much expect
A foe so
A foe so
proud
will first the weaker seek. Milton.
O death, made
proud
with pure and princely beauty ! Shakespeare
And shades impervious to the
proud
world's glare. Keble.
(b)
Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; – often with of;
“Proud to be checked and soothed.” as,
. proud
of one's countryKeble.
Are we proud men
proud
of being proud ? Thackeray.
2.
Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
“Of shadow proud.” Chapman.
“Proud titles.” Shak.
“ The proud temple's height.” Dryden.
Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way
Are mantled with a golden cloud.
proud
Are mantled with a golden cloud.
Keble.
3.
Excited by sexual desire; – applied particularly to the females of some animals.
Sir T. Browne.
☞ Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling.
Proud flesh
(Med.)
, a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Proud
PROUD
, a.1.
Having inordinate self-esteem; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one's own excellence, either of body or mind. A man may be proud of his person, of his talents,of his accomplishments or of his achievements. He may be proud of any thing to which he bears some relation. He may be proud of his country, his government, his equipage, or of whatever may, by association, gratify his esteem of himself. He may even be proud of his religion or of his church. He conceives that any thing excellent or valuable, in which he has a share, or to which he stands related, contributes to his own importance, and this conception exalts his opinion of himself. Proud is followed by of, before the object, supra.2.
Arrogant; haughty; supercilious. A foe so proud will not the weaker seek.
3.
Daring; presumptuous. By his understanding he smiteth through the proud. Job.26.
4.
Lofty of mien; grand of person; as a proud steed.5.
Grand, lofty; splendid; magnificent. Storms of stones from the proud temple's height.
6.
Ostentatious; grand; as proud titles.7.
Splendid; exhibiting grandeur and distinction; exciting pride; as a proud day for Rome.8.
Excited by the animal appetite; applied particularly to the female of the canine species.9.
Fungous; as proud flesh.