Word Meanings - FASTUOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Proud; haughty; disdainful. Barrow. Fas"tu*ous*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.

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• PROUDLING
  A proud or haughty person. Sylvester.
• PROUD
  prout, prud, prut, AS. prut; akin to Icel. pruedhr stately, handsome, 1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly;
• DISDAINFUL
  Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
• PROUDISH
  Somewhat proud. Ash.
• BARROW
  A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain. (more info) 1. A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.
• TAYLOR-WHITE PROCESS
  A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700º to 850º C. in molten lead, further cooled in
• BARROWIST
  A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
• PROUDLY
  In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully. Proudly he marches on, and void of fear. Addison.
• HAUGHTY
  hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See 1. High; lofty; bold. To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
• PROUDNESS
  The quality of being proud; pride. Set aside all arrogancy and proudness. Latimer.
• OVERPROUD
  Exceedingly or unduly proud. "Overproud of his victory." Milton.
• HANDBARROW
  A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
• TOP-PROUD
  Proud to the highest degree. "This top-proud fellow." Shak.
• WHEELBARROW
  A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
• WINTER-PROUD
  Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and bud too early. Holland.
• SEA BARROW
  A sea purse.
• MISPROUD
  Viciously proud. Shak.
• PLACE-PROUD
  Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
• PURSE-PROUD
  Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.