Category:Proud

Proud, a. [compar. Prouder; superl. Proudest.] Etym: [oe. proud, Prout, prud, prut, as. prut; akin to icel. pruedhr stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf. Pride.]

1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: (a) possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's Excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous. Nor much expect a foe so proud will first the weaker seek. Milton. O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty ! Shak. And shades impervious to the proud world's glare. Keble.

(b) having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. "proud to Be checked and soothed." Keble. Are we proud men proud of being proud thackeray.

2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of Admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. "of shadow proud." Chapman. "proud titles." Shak. " the proud Temple's height." Dryden. Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud are mantled with a golden Cloud. Keble.

3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females Of some animals. Sir t. Browne.

Note: proud is often used with participles in the formation of Compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud- Crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling. Proud flesh (med.), a fungous Growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or Ulcer.