proud

1. (chiefly biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.Examples: "Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he ſhall not be vnpuniſhed."; "Death be not proud; though ſome have called thee / Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not ſoe, [...]"; "Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; / He held the human race in scorn, / And lived with all his sisters where / His father lived, in Berkeley Square. / And oh! The lad was deathly proud! / He never shook your hand or bowed, / But merely smirked and nodded thus: / How perfectly ridiculous! / Alas! That such Affected Tricks / Should flourish in a child of six!"

2. (Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.Examples: "Norsus [...] walked between the lines of soldiers in their bronze armour; keen swords in their hands and proud plumes fluttering from their helmets."

3. (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.obsolete

4. (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.obsolete