English Explanatory Dictionary

orgulous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Arrogant, haughty, proud.
  2. Ostentatious; showy.
  3. Swollen; augmented; excessive.
  4. Dangerous, threatening.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔːɡjʊləs/ /ˈɔɹɡjələs/ En-us-orgulous.ogg

Word forms

orgulous more orgulous most orgulous orgillous orgueilous

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.

Synonyms

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

Related words

orgueil

Derived words

orgulously
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