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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.]
    1.  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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    2. 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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    3. 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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