Middle English Dictionary Entry
orguillǒus adj. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | orguillǒus adj. & adv. Also orguilleus, -eux, orgul(o)us, orgoillous, orgeilus, orgeillous, (error) orgilour & (in surn. only) erguleis; sup. orguluste. |
| Etymology | OF orgoillos, orguillos, orguilleuse, orgellous, ergoillose. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of persons, deportment, a message, etc.: proud, arrogant, assured; of attire: fine, opulent; -- also, as noun: a proud person; (b) as surname; (c) as adv.: proudly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)218/120 : Ure lord..þurch his grace maked of þo euele manne good man, of þe orgeilus umble.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9334 : Ban and Bohort vertuous, Þai todriuen four kinges orgulous.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2006 : Of Capadoce Archillaus Was a kyng ful orgoillous [LinI: orgulous].
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)272 : His atyre was orgulous [vr. orgilour].
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)84/11 : Mani women..thorugh her orguylleus port ben throwen doune of her worshippe and astate.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)84/33 : And she ansuered hym fersely and proudely, and demened her not in fairenesse and curtesye, nor so mekely as she shulde do; So that the sayd Herode was cruell and despitous to her [for] her orguilleux langage.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)55/6 : Thou haste seyde thy message, the whych ys the moste orgulus and lewdiste message that evir man had isente unto a kynge.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)67/11 : The kynges son of Irelonde..was an orgulus knyht and accompted hymselff one of the beste of the courte.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1194/6 : Whan sir Gawayne was hurte, they on kynge Arthurs party were nat so orgulus as they were toforehonde to do batayle.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1228/17 : So the Bysshop departed, and ded the cursynge in the moste orguluste wyse that myght be done.
- a1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)303/11 : Riches..desireth oft men to have no shame, the which maketh man to be orgeyllous and proude.
b
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 397 : Johannes Erguleys.
c
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1201/35 : For and I were as orgulous sette as ye ar, wyte you well I shulde mete you in myddys of the fylde.