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   Proud , a. [Compar. Prouder ; superl. Proudest.] [OE. proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. prūt; akin to Icel. prūðr stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome.  Cf. Pride.]
   Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
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   Nor much expect
   A foe so proud will first the weaker seek.
   Milton.
   
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   O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty !
   Shak.
   
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   And shades impervious to the proud world's glare.
   Keble.
   
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   (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. “Proud to be checked and soothed.”  
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   Are we proud men proud of being proud ?
   Thackeray.
   
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   Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.  “Of shadow proud.” Chapman. “Proud titles.” Shak. “ The proud temple's height.”  
   Dryden.
   
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   Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud
   Are mantled with a golden cloud.
   Keble.
   
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   Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   ☞ Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling.
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   Proud flesh (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
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