orgulous — ozdic

Collocations

3

ADJ.

young

VERB + ORGULOUS

spoke

ORGULOUS + NOUN

church, knight, mother

Definitions

adj

1

Arrogant, haughty, proud.

At that time there was a knight, the which was the king's son of Ireland, and his name was Lanceor, the which was an orgulous knight, and counted himself one of the best of the court; and he had great despite at Balin for the achieving of the sword, that any should be accounted more hardy, or of more prowess.

In Troy there lyes the Scene: From Iles of Greece / The Princes Orgillous, their high blood chaf'd / Haue to the Port of Athens ſent their ſhippes / […] their vovv is made / To ranſacke Troy, vvithin vvhoſe ſtrong emures / The rauiſh'd Helen, Menelaus Queene, / VVith vvanton Paris ſleepes, and that's the Quarrell.

2

Ostentatious; showy.

3

Swollen; augmented; excessive.

1967, John T. Sladek, Masterson and the Clerks, reprinted in Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, edited by Michael Moorcock The smile became an orange balloon, orgulous and threatening.

4

Dangerous, threatening.

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At that time there was a knight, the which was the king's son of Ireland, and his name was Lanceor, the which was an orgulous knight, and counted himself one of the best of the court; and he had great

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In Troy there lyes the Scene: From Iles of Greece / The Princes Orgillous, their high blood chaf'd / Haue to the Port of Athens ſent their ſhippes / […] their vovv is made / To ranſacke Troy, vvithin

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03

Then spoke young Stephen orgulous of mother Church that would cast him out of her bosom.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, orgulous is marked as archaic, literary, obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.