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proud

adj
/ˈpɹaʊ̯d/US/ˈpɹæʊ̯d/

Etymology

From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”)), probably from Old French prod, prud (“brave, gallant”) (modern French preux), from Late Latin prōde (“useful”), derived from Latin prōdesse (“to be of value”); however, the Old English umlaut derivatives prȳte, prȳtian, etc. suggest the word may be older and possibly native. Compare Old Norse prýði (“ornament; gallantry, bravery”). See also pride. Cognate with German Low German praud, Old Norse prúðr (“gallant, brave, magnificent, stately, handsome, fine”) (Icelandic prúður, Middle Swedish prudh, Danish prud).

  1. derived from prode
  2. derived from prod
  3. inherited from prūd
  4. inherited from proud

Definitions

  1. Feeling honoured (by something)

    Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

    • We're proud of having won / to have won.
    • LETO: Thufir Hawat has served House Atreides three generations. He swears you are the finest student he has ever taught. Yueh, Gurney and Duncan say the same. Makes me feel very proud. PAUL: I want you to be proud of me.
    • Shepard: It's been a long journey, and no one's coming out without scars. But it all comes down to this moment. Shepard: We win or lose it all in the next few minutes. Make me proud. Make yourselves proud.

  2. Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.

    • I was too proud to apologise.

  3. Having too high an opinion of oneself

    Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.

    • Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he ſhall not be vnpuniſhed.
    • Death be not proud; though ſome have called thee / Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not ſoe, [...]
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Generating a sense of pride

      Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.

      • It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.

    2. standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person

      standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.

      • Norsus [...] walked between the lines of soldiers in their bronze armour; keen swords in their hands and proud plumes fluttering from their helmets.

    3. Standing out or raised

      Standing out or raised; swollen.

      • After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.
      • The weld was still a bit proud of the panel, so she ground it down flush.

    4. Brave, valiant

      Brave, valiant; gallant.

    5. Excited by sexual desire

      Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.

    6. A characteristical surname.

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Derived

color proud, color-proud, colour proud, colour-proud, do someone proud, houseproud, house proud, house-proud, misproud, overproud, piss proud, proud as a peacock, proud as Lucifer, proud as Punch, proudfall, proud flesh, proudful, proud-hearted, proudhearted, proud-heartedly, proud-heartedness, proudish, proudling, proudly, proudness, proud-pied, proudsome, proud-stomached, proudwork, purse-proud, ultraproud, unproud, winter-proud

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at proud. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01proud02deserves03deserve04win05despite06insult07demean08humble

A definitional loop anchored at proud. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at proud

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA