Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proudhearted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: proud-heart-ed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very proud

adj

Example Sentences

"This “vicious, corrupt, and debased swarm of outcasts,” Merrick called them, would make an “honest and proudhearted” American freeman “rather die in poverty and want, than dwell among such people.”"
"I am afraid I have been proudhearted and arrogant."

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 proudhearted (comparative) most proudhearted (superlative) proud-hearted (alternative)

Derived Forms

proudheartedly proudheartedness

Questions

What does proudhearted mean?: Very proud
Where does proudhearted come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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