overproud
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of overproud
before 1050; Middle English over prowde, Old English ofer-prūt. See over-, proud
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A little overproud of its achievement, G.E. declared it had scooped the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
They say he wrought you ill, and was cruel when he should have been gentle with you, and was overproud of his office.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
Inger drove on, feeling all set up and pleased with herself, and, coming into the village, she may have been a trifle overproud in her bearing.
From Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
Perhaps they were overproud and reserved, for they held themselves aloof from those about them.
From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
Item: Two bright eyes, a trifle overproud and willful, perhaps, but candid and full of laughter.
From Polly Oliver's Problem by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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