orgulous

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And Talisso answered, with a peal of orgulous laughter: "Restless as the sea; insatiable as the grave."

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  1. Proud; haughty. Wherto repaired thys cruel geant, Called Guedon, that so orgulous was, Gret, thikke, longe, stronge, meruelous to se. Rom, of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), l. 2955. In Troy there lies the scene. From isles of Greece The princes orgulous, their high blood chafed, Have to the port of Athens sent their ships. Shak., T. and C., Prol., l. 2. 2. Ostentatious; showy. His atyre was orgulous. Romance of Rich., quoted by Steevens. (Nares.)
  2. Swollen; augmented; excessive; hence, threatening; dangerous. But they wyst nat how to passe y ryuer of Derne, whiche was fell and orgulous at certayne times, and especially rather in Somer than in Winter. Berners, tr. of Froissart's Chron., II. cii.

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  1. Also orgueilous; from Middle English orgulous, orgeilous, from Old French orgueilleus, orguillus, orgoillos, orgoillus, French orgucilleux (= Provencal orguelhos, erguelhos, orgoillos = Spanish orgulloso = Portuguese orgulhoso = Italian orgoglioso; cf. Anglo-Saxon orgellīc), proud, from orgoil, orgoel, orguel, orgueil, pride: see orgul.
 

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