pride

Etymology 1

table From Middle English pryde, pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.

noun

1. The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others.
2. (having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself.
   He took pride in his work.
   He had pride of ownership in his department.
   My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumstances; for I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself. 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 3, in The Vicar of Wakefield
   1790-1793, William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
   Pride goeth before the fall. 1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables
4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
5. Show; ostentation; glory.
6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
8. Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
9. (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.
   A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
10. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:pride.

verb

1. (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
   I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
   Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person. 1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
   RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident. December 29 2021, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32

Etymology 2

table From Middle English pryde, from Middle Low German lampride, from Medieval Latin lampreda.

noun

1. (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.