purse-proud

[ purs-proud ]

adjective

1. proud of one's wealth, especially in an arrogant or showy manner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of purse-proud¹

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

And this does not look very well in one who, when he was poor, was particularly bitter on "a purse-proud aristocracy."

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See, said these voices, see these purse-proud commoners who deny their parents!

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He doesn't know how to be rude, or ill bred, or purse-proud.

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Thake that, sur, wid me compliments, yees purse-proud parvenu.'

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Smug, purse-proud and evil, his bloated countenance was most suggestive.

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