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† ˈhigh-ˌstomached, a. Obs. or arch.
[See stomach.]
Of high courage or spirit; high-spirited, haughty.
1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI, 110 A man very wel borne..but no better borne then high stomacked. a1592H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 237 These nought-fearing fellows, these high-stomached men, which desire danger. 1593Shakes. Rich II, i. i. 18 High stomacked are they both, and full of ire. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 103 In this deputation were some high-stomached sheiks, who..scrupled not to speak their opinion. 1894C. James Miss Precocity II. ii. 24 He said she was ‘high-stomached’. Very remarkable way of putting it..wasn't it? |