orgulous
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editInherited from Middle English orgulous, orgeilous, Derived from Old French orgueilleus, orgoillus (“proud”), from orgoill, orgueil (“pride”), from Old Low Frankish *urgol (“pride”). Cognate with Old High German urguol (“excellent”), Old English orgel (“pride”), perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *uzgōljō, equivalent to or- (“out”) *gōl (“boast; showiness; pomp; splendor”), related to Old English galan (“to sing”) (whence Modern English gale). Also perhaps partly from Old French orgoill, Derived from Vulgar Latin *orgōllia, *orgōlla, Derived from Frankish *orgōllja, from the same Proto-Germanic source. Cognate with Old High German urguol, urguoli, urgilo (“pride”) and Spanish orgullo.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡjʊləs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹɡjələs/
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Adjective
editorgulous (comparative more orgulous, superlative most orgulous)
- Proud; haughty; disdainful.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum IV”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 52:
- At that time there was a knight, the which was the king's son of Ireland, and his name was Lanceor, the which was an orgulous knight, and counted himself one of the best of the court; and he had great despite at Balin for the achieving of the sword, that any should be accounted more hardy, or of more prowess.
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- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 14:
- Then spoke young Stephen orgulous of mother Church that would cast him out of her bosom.
- 1966, Eric Walter White, Stravinsky the Composer and his Works[1], University of California Press, page 5:
- Her nephew describes her as 'an orgulous and despotic woman', and it is clear that he noticed and resented her numerous unkindnesses.
- 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John[2], Arrow Books, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 14–15:
- They knew that my lord of Arundel had grown so orgulous that he had lately dared to marry the Earl of March's sister, without license.
- Ostentatious; showy.
- Swollen; augmented; excessive.
- 1967, John T. Sladek, Masterson and the Clerks, reprinted in Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, edited by Michael Moorcock
- The smile became an orange balloon, orgulous and threatening.
- 1967, John T. Sladek, Masterson and the Clerks, reprinted in Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, edited by Michael Moorcock
- Threatening; dangerous.
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