Dictionary

orgulous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɔɹɡjələs/ (General-American)
• /ˈɔːɡjʊləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English orgulous, orgeilous, derived from Old French orgueilleus, orgoillus (“proud”), from orgoill, orgueil (“pride”), from Old Dutch *urgol (“pride”). Cognate with Old High German urguol (“excellent”), Old English orgol (“pride”). Perhaps from a Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju; compare Old English or- (“out”), *gōl (“boast; showiness; pomp; splendor”) (related to Old English galan (“to sing”), whence Modern English gale). Also, possibly, in part from Old French orgoill, derived from Vulgar Latin *orgōllia, *orgōlla, from Proto-West Germanic *orgōllja, from the same Proto-Germanic source. Cognate with Old High German urguol, urguoli, urgilo (“pride”), Italian orgoglio, Spanish orgullo, Portuguese orgulho, among many other Romance cognates.

Meanings

1. (archaic, literary) Arrogant, haughty, proud.
   • Then spoke young Stephen orgulous of mother Church that would cast him out of her bosom. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 14:
   • 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. [1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum IV”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II (in Middle English), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 52:
   • Her nephew describes her as 'an orgulous and despotic woman', and it is clear that he noticed and resented her numerous unkindnesses. 1966, Eric Walter White, Stravinsky the Composer and his Works, University of California Press, page 5:
   • 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. 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, Arrow Books, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 14–15:
   • 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. c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida. The Prologue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC:
2. (archaic, literary, rare) Ostentatious; showy.
3. (obsolete) 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. (obsolete) Dangerous, threatening.

Forms

Deriveds

orgulously

Relateds

orgueil

Synonyms

stuck up · flatulent · insolent · priggish · upstage · snotty · disdainful · stout · authoritarian · buggish · full of oneself · pompous · pretentious · lordly · uppish · chesty · domineering · disdainful · orgulous · vain · blustery · supercilious · arrogant · biggity · puffed up · flaunting · bombastic · ostentatious · overweening · holier-than-thou · turgescent · glorious · thrasonical · conceited · snooty · high-hat · presumptuous · snobbish · inflated · tumid · high-handed · grandiose · haut · haught · entitled · hoity-toity · sanctimonious · airy · hankty · la-di-da · uppity · egotistical · big-headed · haughty · imperious · high and mighty · hubristic · toploftical · toplofty · boastful · highfalutin · uppy · cocky · thrasonic · self-important · hubristical · overbearing · prideful · turgid

Translations (62)

nl gevaarlijk (threatening, dangerous) · nl overmatige (swollen, augmented, excessive) · no farlig (threatening, dangerous) · nl bedreigend (threatening, dangerous) · fr ampoulé (swollen, augmented, excessive) · fr ostentatoire (ostentatious, showy) · nl hooghartig (proud, haughty) · sv högmodig (proud, haughty) · hy ամբարտավան (proud, haughty) · it pericoloso (threatening, dangerous) · es peligroso (threatening, dangerous) · es excesiva (swollen, augmented, excessive) · it appariscente (ostentatious, showy) · de gefährlich (threatening, dangerous) · it fiero (proud, haughty) · de übermäßige (swollen, augmented, excessive) · ja 派手な (ostentatious, showy) · fr vaniteux (proud, haughty) · sv hotande (threatening, dangerous) · fr hautain (proud, haughty) · it smodato (swollen, augmented, excessive) · it ostentato (ostentatious, showy) · it vistoso (ostentatious, showy) · fi paisunut (swollen, augmented, excessive) · fi koppava (swollen, augmented, excessive) · hy գոռոզ (proud, haughty) · es amenazante (threatening, dangerous) · ko 거만(倨慢)하다 (proud, haughty) · fr dangereux (threatening, dangerous) · fi ylpeä (proud, haughty) · de ergänzt (swollen, augmented, excessive) · fr méprisant (proud, haughty) · fr orgueilleux (proud, haughty) · it minaccioso (threatening, dangerous) · es aumentada (swollen, augmented, excessive) · fr menaçant (threatening, dangerous) · pt orgulhoso (proud, haughty) · fi uhkaava (threatening, dangerous) · es orgulloso (proud, haughty) · pt ameaçador (threatening, dangerous) · da farlig (threatening, dangerous) · it aumentato (swollen, augmented, excessive) · fa خطرناک (threatening, dangerous) · sv högfärdig (proud, haughty) · ja 誇り高き (proud, haughty) · it orgoglioso (proud, haughty) · fr dédaigneux (proud, haughty) · it altezzoso (proud, haughty) · ru го́рдый (proud, haughty) · fr fier (proud, haughty) · nl vergroot (swollen, augmented, excessive) · fr excessif (swollen, augmented, excessive) · no truende (threatening, dangerous) · fi näyttävä (ostentatious, showy) · fi koppava (proud, haughty) · sv farlig (threatening, dangerous) · nl hoogmoedig (proud, haughty) · fi komea (ostentatious, showy) · de stolz (proud, haughty) · it eccessivo (swollen, augmented, excessive) · da truende (threatening, dangerous) · de bedrohlich (threatening, dangerous)