proud
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proud/praʊd/
▶adjective
- 1 feeling pride or satisfaction in one's own or another's achievements.
■ literary imposing; splendid.
- 2 having or showing a high opinion of oneself.
■ conscious of one's own dignity.
- 3 slightly projecting from a surface.
■ (of flesh) overgrown round a healing wound.
– phrases
do someone proud informal act in a way that gives someone cause to feel pleased or satisfied.
do someone proud informal act in a way that gives someone cause to feel pleased or satisfied.
■ treat or entertain someone very well.
– derivatives
proudly adverb,
proudness noun.
proudly adverb,
proudness noun.
– origin OE prūt, prūd, from OFr. prud ‘valiant’, based on L. prodesse ‘be of value’.
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