noun.
A kind of lamprey; especially, the mud-lamprey. See Ammocætes and lamprey. Also sand-pride and pride of the Isis.
To indulge in pride, elation, or self-esteem; value (one's self): used reflexively.
To spread, as a bird its tail-feathers.
To be proud; exult; glory: sometimes with indefinite it.
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The larval lamprey.
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The state or condition of being proud, or a feeling of elation or exultation on account of what one is or has or is connected with, in any sense.
noun.
A becoming and dignified sense of what is due to one's personality, character, or position; firm self-respect.
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A reasonable feeling of elation or exultation in view of one's doings, achievements, or possessions, or those of a person or persons intimately connected with one.
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Haughty or arrogant bearing or conduct; overbearing treatment of others; insolent exultation; vainglorying.
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Exuberance of animal spirits; warmth of temperament; mettle.
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Hence Lust; sexual desire; especially, the excitement of the sexual appetite in a female animal.
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Wantonness; extravagance; excess; hence, impertinence; impudence.
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That which is or may be a cause of pride; that of which men are proud.
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Highest pitch; elevation; loftiness; the best or most admired part of a thing; the height; full force, extent, or quantity.
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Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed; specifically, in heraldry, a term applicable to the peacock, turkey-cock, and other birds which spread their tails in a circular form, and drop their wings: as, a peacock in his pride.
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Splendid show; ostentation.
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A company or group (of lions).
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Lameness; impediment.
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Synonyms Pride, Egotism, Vanity, etc. (see egotism), self-exaltation, self-sufficiency, vainglory.
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Pride, Arrogance, Presumption, etc. (see arrogance), lordliness, hauteur.
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Ornament, glory, splendor.