This flashcard defines "orgulous" as an adjective meaning haughty or proud.
This flashcard defines "orgulous" as an adjective meaning haughty or proud.
| Back | orgulous /OR-gyuh-luhs/ |
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| Front | adjective Haughty. [From Old French orguill (pride). Earliest documented use: 1275.] "Behring was not too orgulous to ask for practical advice when in the spring of 1894 he had run into difficulties." - Ulrike Klöppel; Enacting Cultural Boundaries; Science in Context (Cambridge, UK); Jun 2008. |
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