горделивый

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Russian

Etymology

Presumably from Old East Slavic гърдѣти (gŭrděti, to be proud) (also гордѣти (gorděti)) + -ли́вый (-lívyj). Compare го́рдый (górdyj), горди́ться (gordítʹsja).

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Adjective

гордели́вый (gordelívyj)

  1. arrogant, haughty, proud (having excessive pride)
    • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter IV, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:
      Он видел себя в каком-то волшебном, заколдованном круге, собравшем в себя всю силу земли, и в горделивом исступлении считал себя за центр этого круга.
      On videl sebja v kakom-to volšebnom, zakoldovannom kruge, sobravšem v sebja vsju silu zemli, i v gordelivom isstuplenii sčital sebja za centr etovo kruga.
      He saw himself in some enchanted sphere, which concentrated in itself the entire power of the earth; in proud enthusiasm he regarded himself as the centre of this sphere.

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