Etymology

misproud

M3I1S1P3R1O1U1D2

Today it means: Unduly or unwarrantably proud or vain; wrongly proud; arrogant; haughty. Full definition →

First used 15th–19th c.Middle English misproud
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Middle English · inherited frommisproud
  2. English todaymisproud

From Middle English misproud, equivalent to mis- + proud.

First known use, by meaning

  • 15th–19th c. Unduly or unwarrantably proud or vain; wrongly proud; arrogant; haughty.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.