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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Proud \Proud\, adjective [Compar. {Prouder}; superl. {Proudest}.] [OE.
proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[=u]t; akin to Icel.
pr[=u][eth]r 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.
Note: 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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