Middle English Dictionary Entry
overprīde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | overprīde n. |
| Etymology | From prīde n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Excessive pride; an instance of excessive pride.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)31/17 : For he avauncith hymself to ferre by presumptuous trust, which puttith hymself in so grette an ouirpride, and ought to be blamed.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)41/33 : Ouirpride vsurpith to haue wourschip withowt any deserte.