Etymology

superbious

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Today it means: proud, overbearing Full definition →

Medieval Latin *superbiosus
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  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed from*superbiosus“haughty, proud, arrogant”
  2. English todaysuperbious

From Medieval Latin *superbiosus (“haughty, proud, arrogant”) (attested only in its adverbial form superbiose (“haughtily, proudly, arrogantly”)), from superbia (“pride, arrogance”) + -osus, from superbus (“haughty, proud”).

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