pridesome

English

Alternative forms

• pride-some

Etymology

From pride +‎ -some.

Adjective

pridesome (comparative more pridesome, superlative most pridesome)

1. Characterised or marked by pride
   • 2003, Lynn Abbey, Thieves' World:

     Chance shoved his mug over in front of his apprentice, who bobbed his head in gratitude. "Well done!" Chance said, and immediately diverted his attention from the pridesome youth.

   • 2009, John B. Olson, Powers:

     Raw hatred beat down, tearing through the last shreds of her frantic prayers. She was too weak, wretched. A pridesome, wailful sinner playing the harlot with the road.

   • 2010, Roger Lee Scott, Letters from the Hills:

     If there's a solution that's gadgetical, please let us know.I know yore time costs money and we kin pay. We ain't freeloaders after all. The Clodhoppers are a pridesome group, and we pay our own way.

   • 2014, Alison Leonard, Heavenly Lilies:

     'Or maybe,' he went on, speaking from his boulder as from a pulpit, 'you need to beware of the post-pridesome fall.'

Anagrams

• meropeids, reimposed