mountain-pride love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tree of Jamaica: same as May-pole, 3.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mountain-pride.

Examples

  • I will not take him with me; for indeed I fear lest his mountain-pride grow up over greenly at whiles and entangle me in some thicket of peril hard to win out of. "

    The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.