superbious

S1U1P3E1R1B3I1O1U1S1

adjective

proud, overbearing

OriginMedieval Latin *superbiosus →
Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivesuperbious (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteproud, overbearing

Origin

  1. Medieval Latin*superbiosus“haughty, proud, arrogant”
  2. Englishsuperbious

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”).

More words from Medieval Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

superbious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superbious

MLA

“superbious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superbious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superbious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superbious.

Source: superbious on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.