high-blown

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English

Adjective

high-blown (comparative more high-blown, superlative most high-blown)

(archaic) elevated (normally said of pride or conceit)
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
  But farre beyond my depth: my high-blowne Pride
- 1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter XXII, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. (The Fair Maid of Perth), volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC:
  Nothing could less resemble the high blown ambition of the favourite courtier, the successful gallant, and the bold warrior than the submissive, unassuming mediciner, who seemed even to court and delight in insult
- 1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter I, in Allan Quatermain‎:
  turn Thou their strength to water, and bring their high-blown pride to nought

References

“high-blown”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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