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View synonyms for proud flesh
proud flesh
proud flesh
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proud flesh1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proud flesh1
C14: from proud (in the sense: swollen, protruding)
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Example Sentences
It is chiefly used as an escharotic, to destroy proud flesh, &c.
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It grows rigid and callous; and for the softness and elasticity of childhood, full of proud flesh and obstinate tumours.
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And if there be proud flesh, it should be touched with a bit of blue vitriol, or sprinkled with a little burnt alum.
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The term “proud flesh” is popularly applied to such redundant granulations.
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It may be imagined what a severe thorn her eldest son proved in the proud flesh of his mother.
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