单词 | proudling |
释义 | † proudlingn. Obsolete. A proud person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > proud person proudOE proud-heartc1400 prouder1565 pajock1604 proudling1612 prideling1825 superbity1903 1612 J. Sylvester tr. Tropheis sig. Ccc2, in E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Heroyk Life Henry IV Who weens to vanquish Him, makes Him invict; Milde to the Meeke, to Proudlings sterne and strict [Fr. aux superbes terrible]. 1628 W. Mure Doomesday 196 There, the Ambitious..Of base contempt is made the pryse; The Proudling pestred downe. 1721 R. Samber tr. A. de La Motte 100 New Court Fables 244 Let us fall upon these high Proudlings. 1819 M. L. Weems Life of William Penn (1852) 85 Have you not found the haughty proudling converted into the weaned child. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1612 |
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