Proud (?), a.
[Compar. Prouder (?); superl.
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 proud will first the weaker seek.
Milton. O death, made
proud with pure and princely beauty
!
Shak. 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; as, proud of one's country. "Proud
to be checked and soothed." Keble.
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 proud
Are mantled with a golden
cloud.
Keble.
3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. Sir T. Browne.
&fist; 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.
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