orgulous
English
WOTD – 14 January 2013
Alternative forms
- orgueilous
Etymology
From Middle English orgulous, orgeilous, from Old French orgueilleus, orgoillus (“proud”), from orgoill, orgueil (“pride”), from Old Low Frankish *urgol (“pride”). Cognate with Old High German urguol (“excellent”), Old English orgel (“pride”), perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *uzgōljō, equivalent to or- (“out”) *gōl (“boast; showiness; pomp; splendor”), related to Old English galan (“to sing”) (whence Modern English gale). Also perhaps partly from Old French orgoill, from Vulgar Latin *orgōllia, *orgōlla, from Frankish *orgōllja, from the same Proto-Germanic source. Cognate with Old High German urguol, urguoli, urgilo (“pride”) and Spanish orgullo.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡjʊləs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹɡjələs/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
orgulous (comparative more orgulous, superlative most orgulous)
- Proud; haughty; disdainful.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], OCLC 560090630, part I [Telemachia], page 14:
- Then spoke young Stephen orgulous of mother Church that would cast him out of her bosom.
- 1966, Eric Walter White, Stravinsky the Composer and his Works, University of California Press, page 5:
- Her nephew describes her as 'an orgulous and despotic woman', and it is clear that he noticed and resented her numerous unkindnesses.
- 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 14-15:
- They knew that my lord of Arundel had grown so orgulous that he had lately dared to marry the Earl of March's sister, without license.
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- Ostentatious; showy.
- 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.
- 1967, John T. Sladek, Masterson and the Clerks, reprinted in Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, edited by Michael Moorcock
- Threatening; dangerous.
Derived terms
- orgulously
Related terms
- orgueil
Translations
proud, haughty
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ostentatious, showy
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swollen, augmented, excessive
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threatening, dangerous
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