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Bacon; and so with ‘esperance’, ‘orgillous’ (orgueilleux), ‘rondeur’, — English Past and Present
The salmon, 'right orgillous and presumptive,' still kept the strength of the stream, and abating nothing of its vigour, went swiftly down the _whirls_; then through the _Boat shiel_, and over the shallows, till he came to the throat of the _Elm Wheel_, down which he darted amain. — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
And I see not why you, being but a tyro, may not be held sufficiently punished for your outrecuidance, and orgillous presumption, by the loss of an ear, an eye, or even a finger, accompanied by some flesh-wound of depth and severity, suited to your error -- whereas, had you been able to stand more effectually on your defence, I see not how less than your life could have atoned sufficiently for your presumption. " — The Monastery