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  • WORD FOR THE DAY(8/20/18)Orgulous

    08/19/2018 4:55:10 PM PDT · by left that other site · 18 replies
    Merriam Webster | 8/20/18
    WORD FOR THE DAY(8/20/18)Orgulous adjective OR-gyuh-lus Word of the Day : May 28th, 2018 Orgulous adjective OR-gyuh-lus Definition : proud 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 William Shakespeare begins 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...