overproud

[ oh-ver-proud ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

before 1050; Middle English over prowde, Old English ofer-prūt. See over-, proud

They say he wrought you ill, and was cruel when he should have been gentle with you, and was overproud of his office.

Perhaps they were overproud and reserved, for they held themselves aloof from those about them.

Item: Two bright eyes, a trifle overproud and willful, perhaps, but candid and full of laughter.

May God prevent strife at home, but there be overproud hearts and over-cunning heads in this good land of ours.

And if he was a bit overproud—it was only because those about him were overproud and foolish.

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