Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proud-hearted

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: proud--heart-ed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of proudhearted.

Example Sentences

"...there seems to me something, if I may so speak, almost God-like in the pure and devoted love of a strong proud-hearted man towards his mother;"
"But a few days previously I had beheld this proud-hearted Princess walking the Prado with her family, with sullen and almost disdainful air, scarce noticing the salutations of the well-dressed throngs which bowed, with uncovered head, as she passed."

Etymology

From Middle English proude-herted, prowd-herted, equivalent to proud + hearted.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: proude-herted

Inflected Forms

more proud-hearted (comparative) most proud-hearted (superlative)

Phrases

proud-heartedly proud-heartedness

Questions

What does proud-hearted mean?: Alternative form of proudhearted.
Where does proud-hearted come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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