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priden.1 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: proud adj. Etymology: < proud adj., with alteration of the stem vowel by analogy with such pairs as Old English fyllu fill n.1 beside full full adj., lengu lengh n. beside lang long adj.1, hǣlu heal n. beside hāl hale adj., etc., which ultimately show abstract nouns with i-mutation derived from adjectives in Germanic. Compare Old Icelandic prýði (feminine noun) ornament, gallantry, bravery < prúðr (adjective; see proud adj.).In Old English both as a strong feminine (prȳdo , prȳto , prīto ) and a weak feminine (prȳde , prȳte ). A problematic early attestation of a presumed Old English (Kentish) prēdo (i.e. a γ form) in the mid 10th-cent. MS Vespasian D.vi of Glosses to Proverbs of Solomon has been shown to be an editorial misreading (see W. Hofstetter in Anglia 97 (1979) 172–5); compare:eOE (Kentish) Glosses to Proverbs of Solomon (Vesp. D.vi) in U. Kalbhen Kentische Glossen (2003) 125 Opes superbe : ofermode [s]pede [formerly read prede]. Use of this word for a group of lions (see sense 10a) may arise from the use of this animal as a symbol for the sin of pride, attested in art from the Middle Ages. I. The quality of being proud. 1. the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xii. 125 Of ydelum gylpe bið acenned, pryte, and æbilignys. OE Homily: Be Biscophadum (Cleo. B.xiii) in A. S. Napier (1883) 178 Se ðe for his prydan gode nele hyran. c1200 Serm. in (1961) 7 61 For is muchele feirnesse he nam to him unmete prude. c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 31 Lucifer..leop in to prude. c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 169 in C. Horstmann (1887) 304 (MED) He þat Aungel was, þoruȝ is wicke pruyte, Bi-cam to a luþer feond. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark vii. 22 Fro withynne, of the herte of men comen forth yuele thouȝtis..pride, folye. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 3363 (MED) Þir er þa hede syns þat er dedely: Pride, hatreden, and envy, Glotony, [etc.]. a1425 (?c1400) J. Wyclif (1871) III. 101 By stynkynge pryde holdyng ous self worþyer to God þan oþer trewe men. (Harl. 221) 413 Pryde..elacio. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) xxxi. sig. Fiiv Blessed be god pryde al wayes ouerthroweth his maister. 1585 R. Lane Let. 8 Sept. in (1860) 4 15 Even thoroughe hys intollerable pryede and unsaciable ambycione [etc.]. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor ii. iv. iii. ⁋8 Spiritual pride is very dangerous,..because it so frequently creeps upon the spirit of holy persons. 1667 J. Milton iv. 809 Vain hopes, vain aimes, inordinate desires Blown up with high conceits ingendring pride . View more context for this quotation a1713 T. Ellwood (1714) 56 Those Fruits and Effects of Pride. 1783 H. Blair I. x. 197 Pride makes us esteem ourselves; Vanity makes us desire the esteem of others. It is just to say, as Dean Swift has done, that a man is too proud to be vain. a1856 W. Hamilton (1859) II. xlvi. 519 Pride, or the overweening sentiment of our own worth. 1872 C. Darwin xi. 264 A peacock or a turkey-cock strutting about with puffed-up feathers, is sometimes said to be an emblem of pride. 1960 C. Day Lewis ii. 44 My expression is one of almost fatuous pride and complacence. 1986 R. Thomas iv. 86 She knew all of him, the grim will-power and the stubborn pride just as well as his face. OE Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr. 201) 59 Ne gerisað heom prita [OE Nero pryta] ne idela rænca. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz (Corpus Cambr. 191) i. 173 Ælc þæra þe hine silfne mid prytum up ahefð, he bið genyðrod, and se þe hine sylfne geeaðmet, he bið up ahafen and gewurðod. OE St. Mildred (Lamb.) in (1914) 132 334 Næs heo..mid ofermettum afylled ne mid woruldprydum ne mid nyðum. 1610 II. 4 Esdras xv. 18 Because of their prides the citie shal be trubled. 1878 J. Ruskin (1895) I. 13 My selfishnesses, prides, insolences, failures. 1996 H. K. Smith lxix. 332 An x-ray mind that would see through faces into hearts, and could read motives, fears and prides. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1940) 615 (MED) Ouer alle þing wite þe þet tu ne temi prude..bi þes deofles streonunge, for heo of alle unþeawes is hiss ealdeste dohter. ?c1335 in W. Heuser (1904) 133 (MED) Nov is maister prude and onde. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 2991 (MED) Of þe seuene..þat ben þe dedly doghters of helle, Þe eldyst, men kalle pryde. a1450 (1969) l. 2079 Myn name in londe is precyous Prede. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 621 (MED) Pryde..next hym roode..On a roryng lyon. 1606 T. Dekker ii. sig. C4v Because Pride is the Queene of Sinnes, thou hast chosen her to be thy Concubine. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ (ed. 5) iii. 8 Despising Pride, whose wish it is to wreck 'em. 1870 H. W. Longfellow Alarm-bell of Atri in July 3 Pride goeth forth on horseback grand and gay, But cometh back on foot, and begs its way. 1996 78 238/2 Pride is queen of the vices, and mother and nurturer. a1382 (Bodl. 959) Prov. xvi. 18 Pride goþ befor contricioun, & befor falling þe spirit shall ben enhauncid. a1425 in M. R. James (1901) II. 95 (MED) Pees maketh plente, Plente makith pride, Pride makith plee, Plee makith pouert, Pouert makith pees. c1450 (1900) 70 (MED) Pride goth beforn, & schame folwyth after. 1509 A. Barclay (Pynson) f. clxxxxvv For it hath be sene is sene, and euer shall That first or last foule pryde wyll haue a fall. 1614 T. Adams (new ed.) ii. 73 Pride is neuer without her owne paine, though shee will not feele it: be her garments what they will, yet she will neuer be too hot, nor too colde. 1646 J. Whitaker 26 That pride will have a fall, is from common experience grown proverbiall. 1784 S. Johnson 2 Aug. (1994) IV. 358 I am now reduced to think, and am at last content to talk of the weather. Pride must have a fall. 1837 T. Hook III. iii. 90 Truly, indeed, does the proverb say, that ‘pride knows no pain’. One fiftieth part of the turmoil and exertion which Jack underwent..would in all probability have secured him ease and competence. 1851 iv. 59 Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. 1897 R. Kipling v. 131 It thrilled through him when he first felt the keel answer to his hand... But, as usual, pride ran before a fall. 1930 W. S. Maugham v. 75 I suppose he thinks he'd be mayor himselfe... Pride goeth before a fall. 1981 28 Feb. 43/2 (advt.) Pride feels no pain, the saying goes. Thankfully, with Clarks, it doesn't have to. the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > cause or matter of pride c1390 G. Chaucer 445 Pride of the table appeereth..ofte..in excesse of..disshmetes brennynge of wilde fyr and peynted and castelled with papir. 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in sig. K3 His rudenesse so with his authoriz'd youth, Did liuery falsenesse in a pride of truth. 1797 A. Radcliffe I. i. 7 His pride of birth was equal to either. 1827 R. Pollok II. ix. 192 Pride of rank And office, thawed into paternal love. 1879 F. W. Farrar I. iii. x. 181 The pride of system, the pride of nature, the rank pride of the self-styled theologian, the exclusive national Pharisaic pride in which he had been trained—forbade him to examine seriously whether he might not after all be in the wrong. 1967 30 Nov. 8/5 Shylock must come out to us in all his pride of race together with a shrewdness, which is not without a grim kind of gaiety. the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > mating > rut OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxix. 323 And eow gebyrað þæt ge framion swiðor þonne ge wealdon mid pryton. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 9684 Bruttes hafden muchel mode & vni-mete prute. c1300 (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 25 Þow þat were woned to ride Heyȝe on horse..As a lyun fers and proud, Ȝwere is al þi michele pride? a1350 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 28 Whose rykeneþ wiþ knaues huere coustage, þe luþernesse of þe ladde, þe prude of þe page, þah he ȝeue hem cattes dryt to huere companage. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 6224 He [sc. Pharaon] went wit mikel prid and bost. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 6125 Þei praied him wild mak defens & bate þe pride [a1450 Lamb. pruyde] of Maxcens. 1483 (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 291 A Pryde, arrogancia. a1500 (?a1425) Antichrist (Peniarth) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mills (1974) I. App. 501 (MED) Wythe this champion we most chyde that nowe in worlde walkys wyde, to disspreve his pompe and pryde and payre all his poostye. 1594 W. Shakespeare i. i. 33 Since first he..chastised with armes Our enemies pride . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 149 I loue thee so, that maugre all thy pride, Nor wit, nor reason, can my passion hide. View more context for this quotation 1704 T. Goodwin vi. 248 The Duke..by his Pride and arrogant Deportment had pull'd this sad Fate upon his own Head. 1764 O. Goldsmith 17 Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by. 1830 H. Ingelo II. 119 I left these two wigsbys, puffed up with pride and self-confidence. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in 11 Doubling all his master's vice of pride. 1901 R. Kipling xii. 319 It is all your beastly English pride. 1933 H. Allen I. ii. xiii. 172 A certain pride and hauteur was visible in his countenance as he did so. 1997 J. Ryan ii. 19 Doyle let go all self-possession, overcome by a child-like, uninhibited pride. 3. the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > [noun] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 3393 Vor þe brutons nolde uor prute after þe erl do Vor he nas noȝt king & þeruore þe worse hom com to. 1576 W. Lambarde 224 He, whiche before writing vnto the King, refused in his letters for pride to call him his Lord. 1685 J. Dryden iv. 7 Whose Noble pride Was still above Dissembled hate or varnisht Love. 1736 T. Gray Let. 8 May in (1853) 3 These conscious shame withheld, and pride of noble line. 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ (1772) I. ii. 20 He was trained..to the truest and noblest sort of pride, that of never doing or suffering a mean action. 1807 W. Wordsworth Resolution & Independence in I. 92 I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perish'd in its pride. 1836 W. Irving II. 304 This ludicrous affair excited the mirth of the bolder spirits,..and roused the pride of the wavering. 1855 J. R. Leifchild 296 A man of considerable scientific attainments, who, I believe, has no false pride about him, and who will rejoice to find that his example may be influential to others. 1880 W. H. Dixon (ed. 3) III. viii. 74 His pride of virtue was as lofty as his pride of birth. 1954 C. P. Snow iv. 27 Having swallowed his pride, he did not intend to prostrate himself for nothing. 1988 M. Seymour viii. 239 If Edith was hurt by James's measured praises, pride forbade that she should admit to it. the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > other types of pride the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] > linked with pride 1610 Bp. J. Hall Sixt Decade v. 42 in (1611) III. Lay downe first, all pride and preiudice, and I cannot fear you. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor iv. 323 There is in it [sc. anger] envy and sorrow, fear and scorn, pride and prejudice, [etc.]. 1711 J. Addison No. 120. ¶12 One would wonder to hear Sceptical Men disputing for the Reason of Animals, and telling us it is only our Pride and Prejudices that will not allow them the Use of that Faculty. 1758 13 May 41 The prejudices and pride of man. 1782 F. Burney V. x. x. 379 The whole of this unfortunate business..has been the result of Pride and Prejudice. 1813 J. Austen (title) Pride and prejudice. a1866 J. C. Prince (1880) I. 263 For to the willing heart and thoughtful mind, To eyes with pride and prejudice unblind. 1922 8 Dec. 11/5 (advt.) Every woman who has read the old novel knows of the woes that come where ‘Pride and Prejudice’ rule. It's an old story ever new. 1995 15 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 46/4 The Frenchification extends to gastronomic pride and prejudice. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > state of c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 641 (MED) Þe deuels..fel out of heuen Wiþ her pride, Lucifer. a1425 (c1384) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xxiv. 21 Y shal defoule my seyntuarie, the pryde of ȝour empyre, and desyrable thing of ȝour eyen. a1525 (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 32 Her þe pryd of waterford felle; her all hys myght went to noght. 1611 Job xli. 15 His [leviathan's] scales are his pride . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 112 O Noble English, that could entertaine With halfe their Forces, the full pride of France. View more context for this quotation a1721 M. Prior i The pride of every grove I chose,..To deck my charming Cloe's hair. 1770 O. Goldsmith 55 A bold peasantry, their country's pride. a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in (1814) II. 89 Love and the fair were of his youth the Pride. 1813 W. Scott iii. 123 See yon pale stripling! when a boy, A mother's pride, a father's joy! 1897 A. C. Gunter xiii. 148 A pleasant rustle in the leaves of the great sieba tree, the pride of the Bishop's gardens. 1918 L. Brown & A. Harriman I Can't Stay Here While You're Over There (song) in F. G. Vogel (1995) iii. 326/1 Her heart was sad, He was all she had, He was her pride and joy. 1952 B. Ulanov iv. 29 ‘Stride piano’, the particular pride and joy of Fats Waller and, before him, of innumerable ragtime pianists, comes from the blues. 1992 Apr. 34/2 On 30th November 1941 it was officially announced by the Australian Prime Minister that the Sydney, pride of the Australian Navy, had been sunk. the mind > emotion > pride > take pride in [verb (transitive)] the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > pride in something 1582 R. Parsons ii. iii. 310 What more madnesse, than ether to take pride of it..or to endaunger my soule for yt, yf I see it in others? 1598 W. Rankins 17 That take a pride in damned Machiauile. 1600 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 6 Men of al sorts take a pride to gird at me. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iv. 10 My Grauitie Wherein..I take pride . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden cxvi. 30 To rescue one such friend he took more pride Than to destroy whole thousands of such foes. 1774 O. Goldsmith V. 156 Her parental pride seems to overpower every other appetite. 1857 J. Ruskin i. 13 You will see the good housewife taking pride in her pretty table-cloth, and her glittering shelves. 1867 M. E. Herbert viii. 225 Achill Aga..produced, with natural pride and pleasure, the watch and pistols given him by the Prince of Wales. 1909 G. Stein (1970) 16 Anna had great pride in the knowledge and possessions of her cherished Miss Mathilda. 1955 E. Blishen i. 66 I found that the oddest boys take a pride in their skill at arithmetic. 1991 16 Apr. b1/2 We used to take pride in doing the little things. 6. the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > other types of pride 1870 17 Dec. 1005 His [sc. Alexandre Dumas'] mother, according to some, was a negress... Dumas fils..once spoke of his father's birth and negro pride. 1881 Feb. 56 His object is to encourage this very feeling of race pride, and to give opportunity for a perfectly free race development. 1925 3 704/1 Negro pride..does not live merely in the past. 1990 24 Nov. 11 (heading) Rap is testimonial to black pride. 2007 27 868 Presenting a unified LGBT front was a ‘messy process,’ and the fight for pride was often complicated. 2017 (Nexis) 6 Oct. (Viva section) 1 Latino pride continues to live on in New York City and around the world. 1978 18 Mar. 2/3 Pride '78 has been expanded following the snowstorm which postponed the conference in January... Groups, merchants, craftspeople and individuals interested in attending Pride '78 should call. 1991 Mar. 14/1 Responsibility for the fortnight-long programme of events which precedes the Pride Day will fall onto other lesbian and gay organisations. 1999 22 May a4 The annual Pride Parade will begin at noon June 6 at City Hall. 2006 (Nexis) 31 May They go to Pride each year—like they have been doing since 1999. 2017 @JayPlowman 24 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Enjoying Pride weekend in San Francisco. City Hall all lit up for Pride 🏳️🌈. II. In extended use. †7. the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun] OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz (Corpus Cambr. 191) lii. 281 And gif reafes pryto synn nære, nateshwon sanctus Petrus an his ærendgewryte wifum ne styrde reafa wlences, þa he þus cwæð, ‘Ne gescryde ge eow mid deorwurðum reafe.’ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) 7132 He heo lette scruden mid vnimete prude. c1300 St. James Great (Laud) 194 in C. Horstmann (1887) 39 (MED) Þis holi bodi huy bureden with grete pruyte. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 9898 (MED) Þe sixte day of Iul he deide & mid gret onour & prute At founte ebraud he was ibured. c1350 (Emmanuel) (1948) 104 (MED) Ouerdon pride Wirchet nakede side. c1425 (c1400) 4078 (MED) Theman dyed in that stede And beryed he was with mochel pride. a1500 (?a1400) (1903) 572 (MED) They reseyved hym with grete pride; A Riche soper there was dight. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) iii. iii. 354 Farewell..all quality, Pride, pompe, and circumstance of glorious warre. View more context for this quotation 1728 A. Ramsay 97 The rosy Dawn, The flow'ry Lawn, That Spring has dress'd in a' its Pride. 1743 A. Pope (new ed.) ii. 44 Trace Science then, with Modesty thy guide; First strip off all her equipage of Pride. 1876 W. Morris iv. 369 Folk looked on his rich adornment, on King Atli's pride they gazed. 1909 A. J. Lockhart 117 Is our life all in gold and silver, in clamor and splendor and pride? the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > love of a1325 St. Bartholomew (Corpus Cambr.) 111 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 377 (MED) Þer nas non þat miȝte him finde, þo hi come mid al þis prute. c1350 (Emmanuel) (1948) 108 (MED) Mikel schame beo hem wourth..Þat maket here lordes pouere with here michele pride. ?a1425 (a1415) (Harl.) (1917) 41 (MED) Þise sectis..ȝyuen yuel ensaumple to her neiȝbore in pride & false couetise & schewen hem richest & moost worldli in mete, in clooþe, in curiouse bilding. ?c1475 (BL Add. 15562) f. 99 Pryde, pompa..iactancia. 1594 W. Shakespeare sig. G1v He..leaues it [sc. gold] to be maistred by his yong: Who in their pride do presently abuse it. View more context for this quotation 1680 T. Otway i. 6 Wealth beyond what Womans Pride could waste. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > rich or splendid c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 6382 He ȝaf him armes and riche stede, & diȝt him þer alle wiþ prede. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 1313 The Sadles were of such a Pride..So riche syh sche nevere non. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 21050 (MED) He wroght O grauel bi þe se side Stanes precius o pride. 1590 E. Spenser i. i. sig. A4 Loftie trees yclad with sommers pride. 1609 W. Shakespeare lxxvi. sig. E4v Why is my verse so barren of new pride? So far from variation or quicke change? View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert 15 Their armes are loaden with pride, such make the Iron shackles, beades, twigges of trees and brasse Rings. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 116 A Snake..renew'd in all the speckl'd Pride Of pompous Youth. View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer II. viii. 439 Whose ivory sheath inwrought with curious pride, Adds graceful terror to the wearer's side. 1772 W. Jones 39 Deck'd with fresh garlands, like a rural bride, And with the crimson streamer's waving pride. †8. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > honour or glory c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) 4176 Scullen alle mine Bruttes mid baldere prute liðen to Lundene. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 970 Þer-fore, on euerich a side, On him was leyd al þe pride. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 1677 (MED) Inmydde þe poynt of his pryde departed he þere Fro þe soly of his solempnete. c1440 (a1400) (Thornton) (1965) 479 (MED) Þare wonnes a geaunt nere besyde; My doghetir, þat es of mekill pryde, He wolde hir hafe me fra. c1450 (?a1400) T. Chestre (1930) 51 (MED) Þey were ywedded..Before princes of moch pryde. 1591 i. sig. C Ile not sell that pride [of name] For Englands wealth, and all the world beside. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. vi. 57 If thou wilt fight, fight by thy Fathers side, And commendable prou'd, let's dye in pride . View more context for this quotation society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > elevated rank a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 70 Þeyh he were so riche mon as henry vre kyng, And al so veyr as absalon..Al were sone his prute a-gon, hit nere on ende wrþ on heryng. a1325 St. Juliana (Corpus Cambr.) 140 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 67 (MED) Þo he[o] biuore þe Iustice com, hi wolde change hure þoȝt, And bihete hure prute & gret nobleie, ac al ne held it noȝt. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 1227 (MED) Nabugo..depryved watz of pryde. c1425 (c1400) 46 Ther were, In that on side, Sixti kynges and dukes of pride. 1509 S. Hawes (1845) xxvii. 118 Beholdynge Mars how wonderly he stode, On a whele top with a lady of pryde Haunced aboute. 1729 W. Law xi. 167 The man of pride has a thousand wants. the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [noun] > spirit in a horse the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > spirited horse > spirit c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) 2161 (MED) Þat hors..wente in to þe kourt wel kof And neide & made miche pride. 1594 W. Shakespeare (new ed.) sig. Dv The colt that's backt and burthend being yong, Loseth his pride, and neuer waxeth strong. 1598 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 24 Your Vncle Worcesters horses came but to day, And now their pride and mettall is a sleepe. View more context for this quotation 1712 W. Diaper i. 4 You taught me artfully to swim, To dive for Pearls..You taught to hunt the Shark, and boldly stride The flouncing Horse, and quell his foamy Pride. 1864 3rd Ser. 6 495/1 A little pride is good even in a wild horse. a1876 T. Aird (1878) ii. 307 Haggard, and dark, and wild; of power and pride, A milk-white horse was pawing by his side. 1909 J. Miller IV. 41 There is strength in a horse. There is pride in his will; It is sweet to look back as you climb the steep hill. 2010 N. Marei in (2014) 29/2 Even though they have the wonderful fluidity of motion, pride, and elegance of the breed, they usually display power with an extra touch of grace and lightness not seen in stallions. 10. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera leo or lion > group of a1450 Terms Assoc. in (1936) 51 603 (MED) A pride of lyons. 1486 sig. f vi/a (MED) A Pride of Lionys. 1879 2 Oct. 1/7 The English language has a separate word for the designation of particular groups of animals... A troop of Monkeys, A pride of Lions, A sleuth of Bears. 1906 A. Conan Doyle xi. 138 Nay, Nigel, a huntsman would have said that he had seen a pride of lions, and so proved that he knew the language of the chase. 1921 21 Nov. 12/1 We saw no fewer than 15 lions gathered round the animal we had set out as a lure... But the pride was evidently starving. 1929 30 Sept. 12/6 Owing to the dry weather a pride of 16 lions, including females and cubs, concentrated on the Kajiado road. 1975 May 55 (caption) A typical pride usually includes two or three adult males, from five to ten adult females and a number of cubs. 2003 18 July 20/2 The law of the jungle dictates that the young lions must..challenge the old ones, so that the pride is invigorated with new strength. 1903 A. Bierce 192 His pelt..Quickset with pencil-points from feet to gills And thickly studded with a pride of quills. 1933 20 July 15/6 Smörgåsbord..is the name given to a vast multitude of dishes (so impressive that one might well describe them, with Mr. Fowler's permission, as a pride of dishes). 1967 R. Graves 139 Beyond the bay A pride of dolphins Curving and tumbling. 1977 (Nexis) 9 Oct. a25 A pride of politicians, academics and journalists—many with global reputations—have been talking about democracy's future for three days. 2002 Feb. 31/1 En route, he pointed out a turtle grazing here, three bamboo shark sleeping under an overhang there. In between, a pride of lionfish. 11. the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun] the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > flourishing condition > state of greatest c1475 (?c1425) (1984) l. 876 Hertis conne þay home bring, And buckes of pride. a1593 C. Marlowe (1604) sig. E4 Since we haue seene the pride of natures workes..Let vs depart. 1611 W. Mure i. 54 Lyk to a blooming meadou Quhose pryd doth schort remaine. 1615 W. Lawson (1626) 19 If you remoue them in the pride of sap. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. vii. 16 There di'de My Icarus, my Blossome, in his pride . View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme ii. 188/1 Pride of Grease is full Fat and in good liking. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge (1937) I. i. 66 The Captain well knew, that being in the pride and heat of youth, he would consider Teague's advances to his sister as an insult upon the family, and chastise him accordingly. 1851 H. Mayhew II. 58/2 Sometimes, in the pride of the season, a bird-catcher engages a costermonger's poney or donkey cart. 1904 24 May 3/1 But deer are already almost in ‘pride of grease’. 1958 T. H. White iv. vi. 595 The old man swung a mantle over his shoulder, as easily as if he were still in the pride of youth. 1983 A. Mason i. 37 Towards noon the music had become faster and more insistent: it was the dance of maturity, of the flesh in its pride and vigour. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > fertility or richness 1603 G. Owen (1892) viii. 62 One Cropp of oates pulleth downe the pride of good grounde verye lowe. 1613 G. Markham i. v. 24 The ground hauing his pride abated in the first croppe. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] 1486 sig. e v/a (MED) The noyes of theyes beestys thus ye shall call, For pride of theyre make thay vsen hit all. 1590 T. Cokayne B iij b Your man must be very carefull in the time of the Braches pride. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) iii. iii. 409 As salt as Wolues, in pride . View more context for this quotation 1710 E. Ward II. 340 A walking-Mate to pleasure Woman's Pride..A Rogue, a Vassal, by my Stars misled To the dark Drudg'ry of a nuptial Bed. a1805 H. Quin in (1964) 12 455 This operation being repeated two or three times the nervous system will be thrown into an agreeable and innoxious state of Pride. Phrasesthe mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > worldly pride c1384 (Royal) 1 John ii. 16 Coueytise of flesch and coueytise of iȝen and pride of lijf [L. superbia vitæ, Gk. ἡ ἀλαζονεία τοῦ βίου. So 1611; R.V. vainglory of life]. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1129 (MED) Al þat in world men tel can, Es outher yhernyng of þe flesshe of man..Or pride of lyfe. 1582 R. Parsons ii. iii. 310 The sixthe vanitie belonging to pryde of lyfe, is the glorie of syne apparell. 1585 T. Bilson i. 75 Grant thee not at euery..request, lest we seem to bring the smoky pride of the world into the Church of Christ. 1612 T. Taylor ii. xii. 465 Doe they not then (as one Philosopher said of an other) contemne the pride of the world, but with more pride? 1729 W. Law iv. 49 It is not left to the rich to gratify their passions in the indulgencies and pride of life. 1729 W. Law vi. 82 In conforming to those fashions, and pride of the world. 1842 14 Sept. She who had watched over his infancy with all the tender solicitude which a mother can possibly feel for her offspring—allowing the false pride of the world to gain the mastery over her maternal feeling, waved him off. 1889 11 May Watch! lest you be deceived by the love of money, the lust of the flesh and the pride of the world. 1903 H. James iii. vii. 89 Wide as his glimpse had lately become of the empire of ‘things’, what was before him still enlarged it; the lust of the eyes and the pride of life had indeed thus their temple. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [phrase] > position of peacock 1530 in (1904) 11 181 Banester beryth to his crest a pecoke in his pryde. 1721 J. Strype II. ii. xii. 339 His standard [was] of yellow and blue, with a peacock in pride gold, and pensils with a peacock. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Dict. s.v. Peacocks are said to be in their pride when they extend their tails into a circle, and drop their wings. 1790 I. 70 Crest. On a chapeau, gules, turned up with ermine, a peacock in pride, proper. 1863 C. Boutell (ed. 2) x. 62 A Peacock, or Pawne, having its tail displayed, is in its pride. 1885 T. Mozley I. xxx. 178 The son was ‘in his pride’, as the heralds say. They were entertaining a troop of yeomanry, and the son..was in a handsome uniform. 1955 30 July 7/4 Here is a subject ready to the schoolmaster's hand... A single chevron or peacock in his pride is surely worth all the dreary old hides and tallows, ranges and watersheds that ever plagued us. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner 255/1 [Pavinated] is the usual heraldric representation of the peacock, and is blazoned ‘a peacock in his pride’; he may, however, also be depicted in profile, proceeding to the dexter, with the train lowered, when he is blazoned as passant. 1996 T. Woodcock et al. II. 152/1 Peacock in his pride. Sumeri, Adam de..Sigillum Ade de Sumeri. 13 cent. P3. pride of place n.a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iv. 12 A Faulcon towring in her pride of place . View more context for this quotation 1816 Ld. Byron xviii. 12 In ‘pride of place’ here last the eagle flew. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > pre-eminent position 1824 21 Aug. 2/6 Just at that moment when they were exulting in their ‘pride of place’, a bailiff came up to them. 1876 15 Dec. 6/1 The pride of place of this Christmas must..be assigned to an edition of Mr. Theodore Martin's translation of ‘Faust’... It is really no exaggeration at all to call it a magnificent book. 1902 24 Dec. 434/1 A Minister who is chased by a loud-voiced Opposition From his pride of place. 1931 A. Huxley 222 Disease-snobbery is only one out of a great multitude of snobberies, of which now some, now others take pride of place in general esteem. 1976 10 Dec. 32/1 Pride of place must go to Courtaulds Greenfield, the league leaders, who toppled the Welsh National League..Division 1 champions, Denbigh Town. 2004 8 Apr. a10/6 We are going to put agriculture first..we are going to give agriculture its pride of place in terms of priority on the economic models. P4. 1777–8 R. Wight (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 341 [Devon] The Pride of the Morning—Imber Matutinus, quasi ex Aurora nimio humore turgida profluens, tempore scilicet æstivo. 1877 in 5th Ser. 8 275/2 [Lancashire, Shropshire, Berkshire] In Berkshire a slight early morning rain is called the 'pride of the morning'. 1883 T. Hardy Romantic Adventures of Milkmaid in 29 June 4/2 ‘Here it is so dreary, and the fog was horrible this morning!’ ‘Why, this is only the pride of the morning!’ said Margery, brightly. ‘By-and-by it will be a beautiful day.’ 1905 ‘Q’ x As for the touch of damp, 'tis nobbut the pride o' the mornin'. 1953 17 Aug. 7/7 In my youth those sudden sprays of rain were known as the ‘pride of the morning’ (or day as the case might be). It always seemed such a lovely expression. 1992 10 Apr. 13/1 Paddy Ashdown emerged from his home in the Somerset village of Norton sub Hamdon into honest-to-goodness early morning mist...‘In Somerset, they call mist like this Pride of the Morning,’ he said. Compounds C1. a. Objective. 1731 M. Pilkington (new ed.) 82 How Beauty fades! perplexing Thought! Thus both are on a Level brought, By diff'rent Causes both survey Their Pride-inspiring Charms decay. 1892 J. Tait (ed. 3) 332 A pride-inspiring style of Christianity, leading on to a dangerous consciousness of power. 2003 (Nexis) 29 Apr. 10 That pride-inspiring darling of the skies, Bristol's very own Concorde. b. Instrumental. 1833 H. Ellison I. 460 Men who clothe In Purple and fine Linen, and yet call Themselves God's Servants..Are pompbesotted and prideblind, and deem That Wealth and Show find Favor in God's Eyes. 1992 (Nexis) 19 Oct. e2 Bill Clinton and Al Gore make the pride-blind assumption that politicians can out-perform the market. 1852 P. J. Bailey (ed. 5) 502 Then she elate, and with pride-blinded soul The towering seat..assumed. 1999 (Nexis) 22 July (Sports section) The pride-blinded, belligerently-inclined American sports fan. 1758 W. Hawkins i. iii. 158 Shall I be lesson'd by a Dotard thus, Pride-bloated with the Pageantry of Pow'r. 1818 H. H. Milman i. 12 Like the pride-drunken Babylonian king. a1868 C. Harpur (1984) 319 From the scenes that glared with her display Pride-drunken Fashion rolls fatigued away. 1888 J. H. Newman 160 Next, by a fearful judgment tamed, He threats the offending race; God spares;—he murmurs, pride-inflamed, His threat made void by grace. 1930 20 July (Mag. sect.) 10/6 ‘Proclaim me King of Gilbraltar and Maracaibo!’ he commanded. And the priest was forced to aid in the grandiose gesture of the pride-inflamed youth. 1712 M. Henry Popery in (1853) II. 350/1 Your glory may well be turned into shame if you be pride-ridden, and passion-ridden, and lust-ridden. 1947 16 Feb. 6/3 A Southern setting complete with faithful old colored retainers, moonshining poor whites and poverty-stricken, pride-ridden Southern gentility. 2001 (Nexis) 16 Nov. 14 They raise the objectivity of the other side as a pride-ridden power play, then set their own ideology, experience, or identity off as an honest admission, a necessary one. 1606 W. Warner xvi. 400 Not at all your pride-sick Soules but falsed faces care. 1721 J. Mottley ii. i. 16 'Tis as my Suspicions thought, His Looks, his Words all shew he is Pride-sick. 1598 J. Marston iii. x. sig. H3 These pride-swolne dayes. a1846 B. R. Haydon (1927) i. 10 His large, red, pride-swollen, big-featured face. 1913 24 Feb. He is no better than the intolerant and pride swollen Mr. Moneybags who imagines that his affairs are all important. 2003 (Nexis) 1 Dec. 38 St. Augustine said, ‘Yea, my pride-swollen face has closed up my eyes’. c. a1652 R. Brome Court Begger i. i. sig. O, in (1653) 1 P. For every wearer of his first o'th' fashion To pay a groat to th' King... Gab. And what may this pride money amount unto Per annum, can you guesse? C2. In the names of outstandingly attractive or showy plants originating from or representing a particular place; (hence) the best, or most beautiful plant of a place. 1701 (Royal Soc.) 22 856 The Pods also much smaller, strait and soft,..in shape resembling the Pride of Barbadoes, but flatter. 1831 C. S. Stewart II. 66 In the shrubbery, I observed the pride of Barbadoes—cæsalpinia coriaria—the seeds of which I believe I brought to the Island [sc. Hawaii]. 1925 6 Apr. 14/4 From every house a great shout of welcome rose, and under palms and native cotton trees and bushes of Pride of Barbados picturesque groups gathered all agog. 2004 (Nexis) 6 Mar. 4 You can underprune most shrubs, including cassia,..oleander, poinciana (caesalpinia, Pride of Barbados), spirea or vitex. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers 1895 ‘F. Franceschi’ 64 Lathyrus Splendens, appropriately called ‘the pride of California’,..has made its appearance in our gardens quite lately. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber 256 Pride of California, Lathyrus splendens. This has such glorious flowers, so superb in color and form, that it is by far the handsomest of its kind. 2003 (Nexis) 23 Apr. b1 Pride of California Flower of our state. Growing from the mountains To the Golden Gate. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > azedarac 1778 T. Jefferson (1944) 76 Planted in nursery the following stones and seeds... Mogul plums..Prunes..small green plumbs..Pride of China. 1881 19 Nov. 1/5 He forages about..until the berries of the Pride-of-China are ripe, then he proceeds to have a regular frolic. 1976 (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 724/2 Melia Azedarach... Chinaberry, China tree, pride-of-India, pride-of-China. 1884 W. Miller 112/1 Pride-of-Columbia, Phlox speciosa. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > azedarac 1803 J. Davis 79 The mocking-bird..was warbling, close to my window, from a tree called by some the Pride of India. 1893 Apr. 756/2 This causeway broadened into a sandy street under huge pride-of-India trees, whose branches met overhead. 1965 11 Mar. a6/1 The fruit, bark, seeds and blossoms of white cedar and Chinaberry (Pride of India) contain a narcotic. 2005 (Nexis) 2 May f3 Banaba is the Tagalog name for the tree dubbed ‘pride of India’ (..Lagerstroemia speciosa). the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pinks or carnations the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > saxifrage flowers 1629 J. Parkinson 321 Spotted sweet Williams or pride of London. 1688 R. Holme ii. 64/1 The Pride of London is..of some called the Flower of Constantinople. 1728 R. Bradley Pride of London or Princes Feather. 1861 A. Wood IV. 503 Dodecatheon... Pride of Ohio... D. Meadia... A singularly elegant herb, on prairies, dry or rocky soils, Penn. to Ind., Ill., Wisc. and throughout the Western States. 1925 9 380 Shooting star, American cowslip, Pride of Ohio, (Dodecatheon Meadia), is a western flower growing tall beneath trees and in meadows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). priden.2 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin lamprede. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps shortened < post-classical Latin lamprede, lamprida lamprey n. Compare later lamprid , variant of lampret n. English regional. the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey) > fresh-water ?a1325 (?c1300) in H. T. Riley (1860) II. 117 Ilia un autre manere de reies qe lenapele pridnet. c1450 Treat. Fishing in J. McDonald et al. (1963) 173 (MED) In a-pryle take þe same baytes; also þe same seson take a pryde, also þe canker wyche bredyt in a doke royt and þe red snayl. 1480 W. Worcester 292 Homines possunt piscare de..prides ad similitudinem lampreys. 1538 T. Elyot Addicion Lumbrici, lytell fyshes taken in small riuers whyche are lyke to lampurnes,..callyd in Wylteshire prides. 1655 I. Walton (ed. 2) xiii. 265 A very little Lamprey, which some call a Pride.., may..be found many of them in the River Thames. 1677 R. Plot 183 We have a sort in the River Isis, that we call here a Pride, of the long cartilagineous smooth Kind. a1705 J. Ray (1713) ii. 35 A Lampern, Pride of the Isis. 1886 H. G. Seeley xii. 427 Petromyzon branchialis (Linnæus),..is locally known as the Pride. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xvi. 429 The larval lamprey (‘pride’ or ‘sandpiper’) has some interesting resemblances to the lancelet. 1948 E. G. Boulenger in 260 Soon after hatching the prides select a suitable spot, where they dig vertical tubes in which they lie buried for..three or four years. Compounds ?a1325*Pridnet [see main sense]. a1400 in R. R. Sharpe (1899) A. 187 (MED) Also ther is another maner nette that men call Pridenette. 1584 in R. Griffiths (1746) 63 A pride Net, not to be occupied but by Special Licence of the Water-Bailiff, and not above a Yard in Length. 1775 (new ed.) I. viii. 66/1 A pride-Net, not to be occupied but by special Licence of the Water-Bailiff, and not above a Yard in Length. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). priden.3Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an extended sense of pride n.1 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 475 Tristrem schare þe brest, Þe tong sat next þe pride. 1738 W. Byrd (1929) 164 Squeeze all the Juice out of the large Pride of the Beaver, and 6 drops out of the small Pride. 1801 W. Scott (1937) XII. 184 Pride is currently used for the Spleen by the Domestic butchers in Scotland. 1923 5 217 Prides, the privates, the reproductive organs. 1953 V. Randolph & G. P. Wilson 104 The male organs are frequently known as the prides, and the word pride has thus acquired a certain obscene significance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pridev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pride n.1 Etymology: < pride n.1 Compare Old Icelandic prýða to adorn < prýði ornament (see pride n.1).The Middle English past tense variant prette perhaps indicates a Middle English present tense prēte beside prēde (compare forms at pride n.1). the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > adorn richly c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1981) 531 Se prudeliche ischrud ant iprud [v.r. iprudd] ba wið pel ant wið purpre. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal (1673) 22 One, with his crisping pinne, his eye~brows dies With black: paint too prides-up his lustful eyes. the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 171 An is þet we ne pruden. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. x. 9 What pridist þou þanne, erþe & asken? [a1425 L.V. What art thou proude?] (Harl. 221) 413 Prydyn, or wax prowde, superbio. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) ix. 23 Whils the wickid prides, kyndeld is the pore. a1525 (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 144 (MED) The Iresshe-men begon to pryde & take ouer-hand of the englysshe. 1653 W. Harvey in G. Keynes (1966) 357 How spruce are they [sc. cocks], how do they pride it! 1658 T. Meriton iii.i. sig. Fv The soaring Eagle ne'r prided more To play with air, or stand upon her wing. a1670 J. Hacket (1693) ii. 203 Neither were the vain-glorious content to pride it upon Success. 1738 G. Ogle 3 Nor in vulgar Grove He prides to sing, Nor pales to drink of Milton's rapid Spring. 1806 R. Tannahill 123 Studious to give worth its due, I pride to praise the like of you, Gude chields, replete wi' sterling sense. 3. the mind > emotion > pride > be or become proud [verb (reflexive)] a1275 (?c1200) (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 133 (MED) Bute he mote himseluen pruden, he wole maken fule luden. 1340 (1866) 258 (MED) Onder þe uayre robes is þe zaule dyad be zenne, and nameliche ine þan þet ham gledyeþ and predeþ [Fr. orgoillissent]. c1390 G. Chaucer 461 Eke for to pride hym of his gentrie is ful gret folie. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1063 Pryde þe noght for no prosperitee. 1535 Ecclus. x. 9 What prydest thou the, o thou earth and aszshes? 1674 R. Boyle ii. ii. 138 The variety of inventions..make us pride ourselves about things, that [etc.]. 1691 A. Gavin (ed. 3) 361 I know..Reason, why the Priests should pride themselves with this. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler II. 432 At Mantua, where they pride themselves not a little on account of their city being the birth-place of that great poet. 1806 15 437 I prided myself that my hands had never been guilty of communicating that disease. a1849 H. Coleridge (1851) II. 146 The impotence of that which some women pride themselves in. 1882 A. W. Ward iv. 91 He prided himself on his punctuality. 1910 H. H. Richardson iv. 41 If there was one thing..all of them prided themselves on, it was the good manners that had been instilled into them since their infancy. 1953 H. Clevely vi. 32 He prided himself that his voice sounded quite ordinary; he was giving nothing away. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf p. x For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1271 Quha pridys tharin, that laubour is in waist. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) II. 17 [They] prydit everie ane of thame quho sould be maist gallzeart in thair clething. 1648 tr. J.-F. Senault 326 Hee walkes publikely with lost men, and priding in his sinne. 1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius (1672) 43 The gay Peacock prideth in his feathers..pennis superbit. 1719 W. Oldisworth in Horace ii. 55 From Colchis and Gelonia's Shore, I pass to Realms unknown; To Dacia, priding in her warlike Pow'r, Thence to the rough Iberian, and the rapid Rhone. 1747 S. Richardson I. xxx. 191 Distinction or Quality may be prided in by those to whom distinction or quality is a new thing. 1787 R. Burns (1968) I. 53 That purity ye pride in. 1808 ‘P. Pindar’ i. i. 12 Too much Alvarez courts that haughty Gaul, Who priding in his master's pomp of power, In imitation, proves his arrogance. a1882 D. F. MacCarthy (1884) 146 But who will stoop to chiding, in a fancied courage priding, When we know that he is riding the fearful Phooka Horse? 1897 A. M. Wilson 39 My brother, I pride in your courage. a1925 G. Sigerson (1927) 61 With diamond flash, in showers they splash About the prow, swift-gliding, The boat thrills through, with tremor new, As in their conquest priding. 1989 G. Early i. i. 5 A liberal such as Sally Watson, who prided in, among her broad-minded accomplishments, having had a Puerto Rican husband and two black lovers. 2005 (Nexis) 26 Mar. The economic managers..prided in pointing to the market as an indicator of a ‘resurgent economy’. the mind > emotion > pride > take pride in [verb (transitive)] 1975 26 Aug. 5/4 Another manufacturer prided the industry by pointing out that the cost for children's clothes had not increased as rapidly. 1979 5 Nov. 19 c/1 The Philadelphia Eagles owner has always prided his organization as being one of the ‘classiest’ in the league. 1986 (Nexis) 22 June Mr Keating has long prided his record of bringing Budgets in on target, something he says the former Treasurer..could rarely achieve. 1997 (Nexis) 3 Jan. 72 Jim never forgot his mining roots. He had a presentation pit lamp which he prided right to his last hours. 2005 (Nexis) 12 Aug. He prided his character and dignity over failure and temporary constraints. the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] the mind > emotion > pride > take pride in [verb (transitive)] > make proud or fill with pride c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 12 The verray strengthe of mankyndli corage is that the which is neuer broken in aduersite, ne prided in prosperite. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 186 The seruantes of Adonay ben so pryded ayens us [Fr. vers nous si envahi]. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) ii. 11 Seruys til god in dred, that ȝe be noght pridid. a1620 M. Fotherby (1622) ii. vii. §4. 265 Those, that are prided with prosperous Fortune. 1639 Earl of Barrymore in (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 39 Titles and commissions..with which they are soe pryded vpp. 1667 E. Waterhouse 159 King Sesostris..forgot himself much, when he caused four captive kings to draw his chariot..when he prided his inconstant Fortune, in the desport of their Vassalage. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xi, in 45 Nae wonder that it pride him! 1820 J. Johnstone 114 I, mither-like, was prided o' my ain. 1884 J. Sharman 42 A people who, perhaps unjustly, have been prided for the choiceness of their swearing. 1969 S. M. Sadeek in 40 My husband prides us greatly. Derivatives the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] > filled with pride or made proud 1773 R. Hitchcock iv. 55 Behold before you the only, and once prided daughter, of an ancient happy couple. 1883 A. S. Hardy 12 Many a stouter heart, whose prided stoicism is often only a strait-jacket. 2004 (Nexis) 1 Apr. 21 The extent of the squalor was shocking, particularly as it is so close to one of our prided beauty spots. 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