hubrid
/ˈhjubɹɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Synonym of hubristic (“overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner”).
Example Sentences
- "Showing off for him, for all of them, not out of hubris — hubris? him? what did he have to be hubrid about?"
- "And if it's true, maybe it doesn't only concern NLP trainers.. have you met novices in any other fields, some seem to adopt a hubrid belief of their own skills.. just a thought."
- "Of calculatingly unprincipled / Surrender to hubrid incompetence"
Etymology
From hubris + -id (suffix forming adjectives). Hubris is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhjubɹɪd/
- British English: /ˈhjuːbɹɪd/
Inflected Forms
more hubrid (comparative)
most hubrid (superlative)