orgulous

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The Word of the Day for October 7 is: 

orgulous   \OR-gyuh-lus\   adjective
     : proud 

Example sentence:
          Antoine usually worked with the boutique's most elite clientele and 
so tended to adopt an orgulous air toward more "ordinary" customers.

Did you know?
          “In Troy, there lies the scene. From Isles of Greece / The princes 
orgulous, their high blood chaf’d, / Have to the port of Athens sent their 
ships.” Thus Shakespeare began the Trojan War tale _Troilus and Cressida_, 
employing “orgulous,” a colorful word first adopted in the 13th century from 
Anglo-French "orguillus." After the Bard's day, "orgulous" dropped from sight 
for 200 years; there is no record of its use until it was rejuvenated by the 
pens of Robert Southey and Sir Walter Scott in the early 1800s. 
Twentieth-century writers (including James Joyce and W.H. Auden) continued its 
renaissance, and today "orgulous" is an elegant choice for proud writers 
everywhere.





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