C13: from Old French, from orgueil pride, from Frankish urgōli (unattested)
proud in British English
(praʊd)
adjective
1. (foll byof, an infinitive, or a clause)
pleased or satisfied, as with oneself, one's possessions, achievements, etc, or with another person, his or her achievements, qualities, etc
2.
feeling honoured or gratified by or as if by some distinction
3.
having an inordinately high opinion of oneself; arrogant or haughty
4.
characterized by or proceeding from a sense of pride
a proud moment
5.
having a proper sense of self-respect
6.
stately or distinguished
7.
bold or fearless
8.
(of a surface, edge, etc) projecting or protruding from the surrounding area
9.
(of animals) restive or excited, esp sexually; on heat
adverb
10. do someone proud
orgulous in American English
(ˈɔrgjələs)
adjective
excessively proud; haughty; arrogant
orgulous in American English
(ˈɔrɡjələs, -ɡə-)
adjective
archaic
haughty; proud
Derived forms
orgulously
adverb
Word origin
[1200–50; ME orguillous, orguilleus ‹ OF orgueillos equiv. orgueil pride (earlier orgoil ‹ Gmc *urgōlī; cf. OHG urguol outstanding, OE orgol pride) + -os-ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1200–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: advance, degree, enter, nature, stump-ous is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous and its variant -ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous)