surquedous

surquedous

English

Alternative forms

• surquedrous

Adjective

surquedous (comparative more surquedous, superlative most surquedous)

1. (obsolete) Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent.
   • 1673, William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum

     Mine office did full surquedous of chere.
     But now this day I am arested her

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Middle English

Adjective

surquedous

1. surquedous
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:

     thou be not surquedous Amans

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   • a. 1451. John Lydgate. "Measure is Treasure"

     Ther great conquestys, ther surquedous rydynges