pride

See also: Pride, príde, and přídě

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  • IPA(key): /pɹaɪd/, [ˈpɹ̥ʷaɪ̯d]
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  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /pɾʌɪd/
  • (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd
  • Homophone: pried (except in Scotland and Northumbria)

Etymology 1

    From Middle English pryde, pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.

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    Noun

    pride (countable and uncountable, plural prides)

    1. The quality or state of being proud.
      1. A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
        He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers.
        He takes great pride in his work.
        He had pride of ownership in his department.
      2. An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.
    2. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
      Synonyms: disdain, hubris
      • 1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables:
        Pride goeth before the fall.
    3. Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
      Her long ginger hair is her pride.
      The 18th century table is the pride of Mark's house/
      My children's accomplishments are my pride.
    4. Show; ostentation; glory.
    5. Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
    6. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
    7. (archaic) Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)
    8. (zoology, collective) A group of lions or other large felines or similar animals.
      A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as a bachelors' pride until they are able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
      • 1921 December, Captain F. A. M. Webster, “Ridden out: An East African Story”, in The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes‎[1], volume 57, number 317, Longmans, Green, and Company, page 128:
        a pride of lions started roaring out in the plains beyond our ring of hills
      • 1930 May, Stanley C. Bullock, M.I.M.M., “Mineralized Zones in East Africa”, in The Mining Magazine‎[2], volume 42=43, Mining Publications, page 276:
        Quite recently near Nzongezi, one of the men out shooting for meat, ran into a "pride" of lions, shot the male first, a mistake, and the lioness was upon him and had him down before he could shoot again.
      • 1953 July, Joe Austell Small, “Outdoor Notes”, in Norfolk and Western Magazine‎[3], volumes 30-31, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, page 379:
        While traveling in their station wagon, they saw a pride of lions feasting on a zebra.
      • 1976 July, The Listener‎[4], volume 96, British Broadcasting Corporation, page 107:
        So, at some point in the evolution of the behaviour of lions, one must imagine there were several different prides of lions roaming about, and those prides which happened to turn out the young males were, indeed, the ones that had a better chance of survival.
      • 1976, Time-Life Television, The Cats: Based on the Television Series, Wild, Wild World of Animals‎[5], Time-Life Films, page 92:
        What appears to be a pride of cheetahs is usually a mother and her full-grown cubs, who will leave her side to look for their own mates after they reach the age of two.
      • 2020, Carl Weber, Influence‎[6], Kensington, page 7:
        We were all facing the door as we waited for the opposing counsel to come in, like a pride of hyenas about to ambush a wounded water buffalo.
      • 2010, Roland Verfaillie, The Second Book of Job(s)‎[7], page 217:
        Competition among a pride of cougars is nothing short of ruthless.
      • 1994, David E. Robson, A True History of the Robson Mistake‎[8], page 252:
        I will say it was quite impressive to watch from a distance as the poor battered imitation D-Jag, the Kamikaze Maru, outran a pride of jaguars
    9. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pride.
    10. (archaic) Genitalia or Buttocks
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    Verb

    pride (third-person singular simple present prides, present participle priding, simple past and past participle prided)

    2. (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
      Synonym: take pride
      I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
      • 1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:
        Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person.
      • 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:
        RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.
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    Etymology 2

      From Middle English pryde, from Middle Low German lampride, from Medieval Latin lampreda.

      Noun

      pride (uncountable)

      1. (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
        Synonyms: prid, sandpiper
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      Middle English

      Etymology 1

      Noun

      pride

      1. alternative form of pryde (“proudness”)

      Etymology 2

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      pride

      1. alternative form of pryden
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