Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Full of pride; proud.

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  • adjective Full of pride; excessively proud.

Etymologies

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proud +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • But when she got her breath she yelled out: Ah, now shall all tumble together, my proudful house and I under it!

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • Her eyes were large below a high, thin-templed forehead; and when she looked at Gertie all her face and the proudful way she held her head were somehow queenly, but bigger than anything else about her was the joy inside her that curved her lips into smiles and brightened her naturally somber eyes.

    The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954

  • But when she got her breath she yelled out: Ah, now shall all tumble together, my proudful house and I under it!

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865

  • They are proudful people who lived honorably in their traditional villages, the villages and land of our ancestors who lived and shaped our heritage for thousands of years.

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

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