surquedous
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surquedous (comparative more surquedous, superlative most surquedous)
- (obsolete) Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent.
- 1673, William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum:
- Mine office did full surquedous of chere.
But now this day I am arested her
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surquedous
- surquedous
- c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:
- thou be not surquedous Amans
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- a. 1451, John Lydgate, Measure is Treasure:
- Ther great conquestys, ther surquedous rydynges
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