单词 | proudful |
释义 | proudfuladj.adv. Now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). Full of pride; very proud. Also (English regional) as adverb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] > filled with pride or made proud proudful1340 pridefulc1429 prouded1602 uplifted1609 crested1619 prided1773 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 217 Prouduol [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues Proude] cloþinge ne wynþ naȝt of god. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 81 [They] began to delet [= delate] his proudfull ambitioun and disdainning of the pepill. 1593 T. Lodge Phillis sig. L When she the monster-queller did behold, With selfe-like proud-full enmitie infected The Queene sate, hatching murthers manifold. 1839 W. McDowall Poems 30 As it is, nane can deride, For proudfu' swell. 1881 W. C. Smith in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 3rd Ser. 243 She leaves his proudfu' mither Draggin through the dowie heather. 1900 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir (1901) 135 He moved that free and yet that proudful I couldn't but call to mother to mark him. 1926 J. Peterkin in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 204 Fannie is a bit uppish and proudful, but that is natural, for April is the foreman, and to be the foreman's wife is important. 1990 Washington Post 11 July C1 There is no work here tonight,..no language to be corrected. We simply want you to have a very good time at the museum we're very proudful of. 2001 Hispanic Jan.–Feb. 82/1 Part of Charleston's charm lies in its proudful heritage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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