单词 | pridefulness |
释义 | pridefulnessn. Pride; arrogance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] moodinessOE overmoodOE prideOE proudnessOE moodilaikc1175 wlonknessc1175 wlonkhedea1250 hancenhede1303 stoutness1398 prouda1500 spirit of eminence1595 pridefulnessa1625 stouting1630 starch1859 a1625 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (Adv. 35. 4. 10-11) f. 16v The king, hearing of this prydfullness [S.T.S. I. 82 prudeness]. 1777 J. Murray Lect. Bk. Genesis ix. 300 This was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pridefulness of bread, and abundance of idleness were in her. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. viii. 227 A white kirtle the wench wears..and a blue hood, that might weel be spared, for pridefulness. 1900 S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark viii Philip Stansfeld stood forward and apart with a certain pridefulness. 2003 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Sports section) 65 An institutional arrogance and pridefulness permeates every element of the Maple Leafs operation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1625 |
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