also ORGILLOUS
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of ORGULOUS ETYMOLOGY from E-NED: from Old French orguillus, -goillus (11th c.), orguilleus (12th c.), Anglo-French orguillous, modern French orgueilleux = Provencal orguelhos, orgoillos, Spanish orgulloso, Italian orgoglioso, from orgueil, etc., ‘pride’: and -ous. Used once by Shakespeare, and retained in the 1634 modernization of Malory's Morte Arthur, but apparently obsolete from 16th century until employed as a historical archaism by Southey and Scott, and affected by late 19th century journalists EXAMPLE (for definition 1) From: The Works of Shakespear, From Mr. Pope's Edition, Volume the Ninth, 1768 Troilus and Cressida
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