prideful

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English

Etymology

From pride +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prideful (comparative more prideful, superlative most prideful)

  1. (chiefly Scotland, Canada, US) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
    • 2000, George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam, published 2011, page 475:
      ‘The man is ill-tempered, envious, and above all prideful.’

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